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Bava Basra 145b

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Bava Batra 145b

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Topic

The laws of שושבינות (groomsmen's gifts), then types of Torah scholars and readings of ״כל ימי עני רעים״

Overview

This amud finishes a ברייתא about שושבינות, the gift a groomsman gives at a friend's wedding and expects back at his own. The גמרא explains each rule: the gift can be collected in בית דין because it is like a loan, it has no ריבית problem, שביעית does not cancel it, and a בכור does not take a double share of it because it is ראוי. רב כהנא then rules that the one who received the gift must repay it even if he missed the giver's wedding. אביי adds how much he may subtract for the meal he did not eat. A ברייתא teaches that the gift is repaid like for like, at the same kind of wedding. The גמרא then turns to a teaching that compares different kinds of Torah scholars to kinds of wealth, and says everyone needs the master of תלמוד. It ends with many readings of the פסוק ״כל ימי עני רעים וטוב לב משתה תמיד״.

Opening lines

וְאֵין הַשְּׁבִיעִית מְשַׁמַּטְתָּהּ,

And the Sabbatical Year does not cancel it,

וְאֵין הַבְּכוֹר נוֹטֵל בָּהּ פִּי שְׁנַיִם.

and the firstborn does not take a double portion of it.

נִגְבֵּית בְּבֵית דִּין –

It is collectible in court –

מַאי טַעְמָא?

what is the reason?

The steps (19)

  1. StatementThe end of the ברייתא's list of rules for groomsmen's gifts
  2. QuestionWhy can the gift be collected in court?
  3. ResponseThe gift is like a loan
  4. ResponseWhy there is no problem of interest
  5. ResponseWhy the Sabbatical Year does not cancel it
  6. ResponseWhy the firstborn does not get a double share
  7. StatementWhen the gift must be repaid even though he missed the wedding
  8. QuestionHow much may he subtract?
  9. Responseאביי gives the custom for the deduction
  10. StatementRepay at the same kind of wedding: public and virgin
  11. StatementRepay at the same kind of wedding: second wife and one wife
  12. StatementFour kinds of Torah scholars
  13. Statementרב reads the verse about the poor man as the בעל תלמוד
  14. Statementרבא says the reading is the reverse
  15. Proofרבא's teaching on stones and wood fits his view
  16. Statementרבי חנינא reads the verse as about a bad wife and a good wife
  17. Statementרבי ינאי reads the verse as about an overly sensitive person and a relaxed one
  18. Statementרבי יוחנן reads the verse as about a compassionate person and a cruel one
  19. Statementרבי יהושע בן לוי reads the verse as about an impatient person and a patient one