Bava Basra 106b
בבא בתרא ק״ו ע״ב
Bava Batra 106b
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Topic
רב פפא's smaller-than-promised field, brothers dividing an estate by lottery, and a third brother who returns after the division (רב vs. שמואל)
Overview
This amud starts by finishing the story of רב פפא, who bought a field that the seller called 'twenty גריוי' but that measured only fifteen. אביי rules that רב פפא knew the field and accepted it as it was. He answers רב פפא's two challenges: the משנה about a shortfall of a sixth covers only a buyer who did not know the field, and the seller's 'twenty' meant 'as good as twenty'. Next comes a ברייתא of רבי יוסי: when brothers divide an estate by lottery, all of them acquire once the first lot is drawn. רבי אלעזר learns this from the dividing of ארץ ישראל by lottery. When that comparison is challenged, רב אשי explains instead that the brothers' agreement with each other makes the lottery work. Then רב and שמואל argue about two brothers who divided an estate before a third brother came back from overseas. רב cancels the division and שמואל keeps it, with each brother giving up a share. The גמרא defends רב against רבא's challenge about three partners. It then raises a challenge against שמואל from the case of selling a כור of grain, and this challenge continues on the next amud.
Opening lines
אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הָוְיָא עֶשְׂרִין גְּרִיוֵי.
He said to him: It is twenty griv.
מְשַׁחֵיהּ, וְלָא הֲוַאי אֶלָּא חֲמֵיסְרָא.
He measured it, and it was only fifteen.
אֲתָא לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּאַבָּיֵי,
He came before Abaye,
אֲמַר לֵיהּ: סְבַרְתְּ וְקַבֵּילְתְּ.
He said to him: You knew and you accepted.
The steps (14)
- StatementThe field measured smaller, and אביי says the buyer accepted it
- ChallengeChallenge from the משנה about a shortfall of a sixth
- ResolutionThe משנה is about a buyer who did not know the field
- ChallengeBut the seller said 'twenty'
- Resolution'Twenty' meant 'as good as twenty'
- Statementרבי יוסי: brothers acquire once the first lot is drawn
- QuestionWhy does a lottery acquire?
- ResponseLearned from the first dividing of ארץ ישראל
- ChallengeMust brothers also use a lottery box and the אורים ותומים?
- Resolutionרב אשי: the lottery works because the brothers agree
- StatementA brother comes back from overseas after the division
- Challengeרבא challenges רב with three partners
- ResolutionThe difference: did they know there were three?
- Challengeרב פפא challenges שמואל from the case of selling a כור of grain