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Bava Kamma 100b

בבא קמא ק׳ ע״ב

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Topic

End of the proof about indirect damage from the broken vineyard fence (כלאי הכרם), and a new משנה about a dyer who ruins or wrongly dyes wool

Overview

The amud opens with the end of a ברייתא about a vineyard owner whose fence broke. He was warned again and again but gave up and did not repair it. He is held liable for the neighbor's grain that became forbidden as כלאי הכרם, even though he did nothing active. The גמרא uses this to show that רבי מאיר holds a person liable for indirect damage. Then a new משנה begins about a dyer. If he burned the wool in the pot, he pays the wool's value. If he dyed it badly (כָּאוּר), the owner pays him only the smaller amount: his expenses or the value he added. If he used the wrong color, רבי מאיר says he pays for the wool, and רבי יהודה says he is paid the smaller amount. The גמרא starts to explain the word כָּאוּר as כַּלְבּוֹס, and רבה בר שמואל's explanation of that word comes on the next amud.

Opening lines

אוֹמֵר לוֹ ״גְּדוֹר״.

He tells him, "Fence it!"

נִפְרְצָה – אוֹמֵר לוֹ ״גְּדוֹר״,

If it broke open again, he tells him, "Fence it!"

נִתְיָיאֵשׁ מִמֶּנָּה וְלֹא גְּדָרָהּ –

If he gave up on it and did not fence it,

הֲרֵי זֶה קִידֵּשׁ,

he has made the grain forbidden,

The steps (6)

  1. ProofThe neglected vineyard fence makes the owner liable
  2. StatementA dyer who burns the wool or dyes it badly
  3. StatementDyed the wrong color: רבי מאיר and רבי יהודה disagree
  4. QuestionWhat does כָּאוּר mean?
  5. Responseכָּאוּר means כַּלְבּוֹס
  6. QuestionWhat does כַּלְבּוֹס mean?