The Mishnah
בבא בתרא י׳Bava Batra 10
Perek 10 of 10 in Bava Batra — 8 mishnayot
Mishnah 1א׳
גֵּט פָּשׁוּט, עֵדָיו מִתּוֹכוֹ. וּמְקֻשָּׁר, עֵדָיו מֵאֲחוֹרָיו. פָּשׁוּט שֶׁכָּתְבוּ עֵדָיו מֵאֲחוֹרָיו וּמְקֻשָּׁר שֶׁכָּתְבוּ עֵדָיו מִתּוֹכוֹ, שְׁנֵיהֶם פְּסוּלִים. רַבִּי חֲנִינָא בֶן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, מְקֻשָּׁר שֶׁכָּתְבוּ עֵדָיו מִתּוֹכוֹ, כָּשֵׁר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁיָּכוֹל לַעֲשׂוֹתוֹ פָשׁוּט. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, הַכֹּל כְּמִנְהַג הַמְּדִינָה:
A simple document - it's witnesses [sign] within. A sewn document - its witnesses sign on the outside. A simple [document] whose witnesses signed on the outside, or a sewn [document] whose witnesses signed within - both are invalid. Rabbi Hanina ben Gamliel says: A sewn document whose witnesses signed within is valid, since it can be made into a simple [document]. Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel says: Everything according to the custom of the land.
Mishnah 2ב׳
גֵּט פָּשׁוּט, עֵדָיו בִּשְׁנָיִם. וּמְקֻשָּׁר, בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה. פָּשׁוּט שֶׁכָּתוּב בּוֹ עֵד אֶחָד, וּמְקֻשָּׁר שֶׁכָּתוּב בּוֹ שְׁנֵי עֵדִים, שְׁנֵיהֶם פְּסוּלִין. כָּתַב בּוֹ זוּזִין מְאָה דְאִנּוּן סִלְעִין עֶשְׂרִין, אֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא עֶשְׂרִין. זוּזִין מְאָה דְאִנּוּן תְּלָתִין סִלְעִין, אֵין לוֹ אֶלָּא מָנֶה. כְסַף זוּזִין דְּאִנּוּן, וְנִמְחַק, אֵין פָּחוּת מִשְּׁתָּיִם. כְּסַף סִלְעִין דְּאִנּוּן, וְנִמְחַק, אֵין פָּחוּת מִשְּׁנָיִם. דַּרְכּוֹנוֹת דְּאִנּוּן, וְנִמְחַק, אֵין פָּחוּת מִשְּׁתָּיִם. כָּתוּב בּוֹ מִלְמַעְלָה מָנֶה וּמִלְּמַטָּה מָאתַיִם, מִלְמַעְלָה מָאתַיִם וּמִלְּמַטָּה מָנֶה, הַכֹּל הוֹלֵךְ אַחַר הַתַּחְתּוֹן. אִם כֵּן, לָמָּה כוֹתְבִין אֶת הָעֶלְיוֹן, שֶׁאִם תִּמָּחֵק אוֹת אַחַת מִן הַתַּחְתּוֹן, יִלְמַד מִן הָעֶלְיוֹן:
A simple document [is legitimate] with two witnesses. A sewn document: with three. A simple [document] that has only one witness, or a sewn [document] that has only two - both are invalid. If he wrote in it: “100 zuz which are 20 sela,” he can claim only 20 sela. If he wrote “100 zuz which are 30 sela,” he can claim only 100 zuz. “Silver zuzim which are …”, and [the rest] was erased - not less that two zuzim. “Silver selaim which are …”, and [the rest] was erased, not less than two selaim. “Darkonot which are …”, and the rest was erased, no less than two darkonot. If “one maneh” was written a the top and “200 zuz” was written at the bottom, or “200 zuz” was written at the top and “one maneh” at the bottom, everything goes according to [what is written] at the bottom. If so, why do they write the one at the top? So that, if a letter from the lower figure below was erased, they can ascertain from the one above.
Mishnah, Torat Emet 357 edition, via Sefaria — public domain
English: Sefaria Community Translation — CC0