Bava Basra 65b

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Bava Batra 65b

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Topic

What is sold with a house, and whether attached things count as ground

Overview

The amud opens with the last words of the משנה: if the seller says 'the house and everything in it,' everything is sold. The גמרא first asks whether the משנה can follow רבי מאיר, who says selling a vineyard includes its tools. The answer that only fixed tools are included is rejected, because the משנה lists the key right next to the door. So the גמרא concludes that the משנה does not follow רבי מאיר. Next, a ברייתא lists what comes with a house and what does not, and רבי אליעזר says anything attached to the ground counts as ground. A second ברייתא teaches that a pipe carved before being attached invalidates a מקוה, but one attached first and carved later does not. The גמרא asks whose view this is, since it seems to fit neither רבי אליעזר nor רבנן. It rules out the house case, which may only be about how generously a seller sells, and turns to רבי אליעזר's beehive ruling, a discussion that continues on the next amud.

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The steps (13)

1. StatementEnd of the משנה: All These Are Sold
2. ChallengeDoes the משנה Contradict רבי מאיר?
3. ResolutionFixed Tools Versus Unfixed Tools
4. RejectionThe Key Is Listed Like the Door
5. ConclusionConclusion: The משנה Is Not Like רבי מאיר
6. StatementA ברייתא Lists What Comes With a House
7. Statementרבי אליעזר: Attached to the Ground Counts as Ground
8. StatementSaying 'Everything Inside' Sells It All, But Never the Pit, Cistern or Gallery
9. StatementA Carved Pipe and a Ritual Bath
10. ChallengeWhose View Is This? It Seems to Fit No One
11. QuestionWhich Ruling of רבי אליעזר Is Meant? Maybe the House
12. RejectionThe House Argument May Be About How Generous a Seller Is
13. ResponseThen It Must Be רבי אליעזר's Beehive Ruling