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1) [line 17] SHIV'AS KABIN U'MECHETZEH L'CHOR - 7 1/2 Kav (of rocky, unplantable land) per every Beis Kor of land. (7 1/2 Kav is 1/24th of a Beis Kor. This proportion is equal to a Rova (1/4) of a Kav per every Se'ah, which is the maximum difference permissible when one sells land and says "more or less." (There are 30 Se'ah in a Beis Kor, and 6 Kav in a Se'ah, or 180 Kav in a Beis Kor.)
2a) [line 19] KOFIN ES HA'MOCHER LIMKOR - we force the seller to sell. (a)
According to the RASHBAM, this refers to the case in which the land that the
buyer received was *more* than the stipulated amount (and it exceeded the
maximum allowable difference of 7 1/2 Kavim per Beis Kor), and the buyer
wants to keep the extra land (and pay extra money for it), but the seller
also wants to receive the land back and he does not want to receive money
for it. In such a case (according to the Gemara's present understanding of
the Beraisa), the seller is forced to sell it to the buyer and to accept
money for it, even though the seller wants the land itself. This contradicts
the Mishnah (103b), which teaches that the seller is entitled to receive
whatever he prefers -- monetary compensation in place of the land, or the
land itself. (b) According to RABEINU GERSHOM, this refers to the case in
which the land that the buyer received was *less* than the stipulated
amount, and the buyer insists that he wants to buy extra land to complete
the Beis Kor. In such a case (according to the Gemara's present
understanding of the Beraisa), the seller must sell the additional land to
the buyer. This contradicts the Mishnah (103b), which teaches that in the
same case (where the buyer received less land than stipulated), the seller
needs only to refund the buyer's money (in the value of the missing land),
regardless of what the buyer wants. 3) [line 20] D'HAVAH YEKIRA ME'IKARA V'ZAL HASHTA - it (the land) was expensive originally, and now it is cheap. The Gemara is saying that the case of the Beraisa is the same as the Mishnah (that is, according to the Rashbam, the buyer received *more* than the stipulated amount of land (and it exceeded the maximum allowable difference of 7 1/2 Kavim per Beis Kor)). The seller is always entitled to choose whether he wants to receive money in return for the extra land he gave or the land itself. The Beraisa is teaching that when the value of the land *decreased* after he sold it to the buyer, and now the seller wants the buyer to pay for the extra amount of land *at the original, more expensive price*, "we force the seller to sell" the land at the present, less expensive price.
4) [line 23] K'SHA'AR - according to the rate/price
6) [line 1] IY IKA MILSA YESEIRA (D'HAVEI) L'SISH'AS KABIN, HADREI - if there is any additional [land] above 9 Kav, then he must return it (all of the additional land). Even though Rav Nachman maintains that the land does not have to be returned when there is up to 7 1/2 Kav of extra land per Beis Kor, and there are multiple Beis Kors (such that the total amount of extra land exceeds 9 Kav), nevertheless when there is any extra land more than 7 1/2 Kav per Beis Kor, then all of the land must be returned.
7a) [line 6] SADEH - [if the field that the seller originally sold was fit
for use as] a field (for growing crops) (the minimum size of a field is 9
Kav)
8a) [line 9] BOR - a pit that is dug in impermeable ground and that is not
lined with stones 9) [line 12] KELAPEI LAYA?! - Towards which direction is it turning? (The opposite would be reasonable!)
10) [line 14] BITEL "HEN CHASER HEN YASER," "MIDAH B'CHEVEL" - the phrase
"whether it is a little more, whether it is a little less," cancels the
phrase "[an exact amount] measured by the [measuring] rope" (TEFOS LESHON
ACHARON / TEFOS LESHON RISHON)
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