Bava Basra 75b

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Bava Batra 75b

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Topic

The greatness of ירושלים of the future, and how far a ship must be pulled to acquire it

Overview

This amud opens with the last line of an earlier אגדה, where ה׳ says He decreed death on אדם הראשון. The גמרא then brings a series of teachings about ירושלים of the future. Only invited people will go up to it. The צדיקים, משיח, and ירושלים will be called by ה׳'s name, and "קדוש" will be said before the צדיקים. ירושלים will be raised three פרסאות high, and people will fly up to it like clouds and doves. The angels protest a plan to give it a fixed size, so it will spread out without walls, with huge additions each as big as צפורי and buildings many floors high. The גמרא then returns to the משנה and brings a מחלוקת between רב and שמואל on how far a ship must be pulled to acquire it. A first attempt to match their views to a ברייתא about animals fails, and a second attempt with a ברייתא about ships continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

The steps (26)

1. ConclusionClosing line: death decreed on the first man
2. QuestionWhat does 'those invited to it' mean?
3. ResponseOnly invited people go up to future Jerusalem
4. StatementThe righteous will be called by ה׳'s name
5. StatementThree things called by ה׳'s name
6. ProofSources for each of the three
7. Statement"Holy" will be said before the righteous
8. Statementירושלים will be raised three פרסאות high
9. QuestionHow do we know the city's size was three פרסאות?
10. ResponseAn old man saw that the first ירושלים was three פרסאות
11. ChallengeWouldn't climbing so high be hard?
12. ResolutionPeople will fly up like clouds and doves
13. Statementרב פפא learns that clouds are three פרסאות high
14. Statementה׳ wanted to give ירושלים a set size
15. ChallengeThe angels protest giving ירושלים a limit
16. Conclusionירושלים will spread out without walls
17. Statementריש לקיש on the huge future additions to Jerusalem
18. StatementHow big צפורי was at its height
19. QuestionWhat does 'thirty-three times' in יחזקאל mean?
20. ResponseThree times wider with thirty floors, or thirty times wider with three floors
21. Statementרב and שמואל argue how much a ship must be pulled to acquire it
22. ProofA ברייתא on acquiring an animal by grabbing or by pulling
23. QuestionMatching רב and שמואל to the two sides of the ברייתא
24. Rejectionרב can fit even רבי אחא, because a ship moves all at once
25. Rejectionשמואל can fit even the תנא קמא, because an animal's other legs are ready to follow
26. ProofA second try: a ברייתא on acquiring a ship and 'letters' by pulling