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בבא קמא ה׳Bava Kamma 5

Perek 5 of 10 in Bava Kamma — 8 halakhot

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Halakhah 1א׳

Mishnah

משנה: שׁוֹר שֶׁנָּגַח אֶת הַפָּרָה וְנִמְצָא עוּבְרָהּ בְּצִידָּהּ וְאֵין יָדוּעַ אִם עַד שֶׁלֹּא נְגָחָהּ יָלְדָה אִם מִשֶּׁנְּגָחָהּ יָלְדָה מְשַׁלֵּם חֲצִי נֶזֶק לַפָּרָה וּרְבִיעַ לַוְולָד. וְכֵן פָּרָה שֶׁנָּגְחָה אֶת הַשּׁוֹר וְנִמְצָה וַולְדָּהּ בְּצִידָּהּ וְאֵין יָדוּעַ אִם עַד שֶׁלֹּא נָגְחָה יָלְדָה אִם מִשֶּׁנָּגְחָה יָלְדָה מְשַׁלֵּם חֲצִי נֶזֶק מִן הַפָּרָה וּרְבִיעַ מִן הַוְולָד.

MISHNAH: A bull gored a cow and her fetus was found beside her. If it is not known whether she gave birth before she was gored or gave birth after she was gored, he pays half the damages for the cow and a quarter for the fetus. And similarly, if a cow gored an ox and her calf is found next to her, but it is not known whether she gave birth before or after she gored, he pays half the damage from the cow and a quarter from the calf.

Halakhah

הלכה: שׁוֹר שֶׁנָּגַח אֶת הַפָּרָה כול׳. וְכִי כָל הַפָּרוֹת מַפִּילוֹת. נְהַלֵּךְ בָּהֶן אַחַר הָרוֹב וֶאֱמוֹר. מַחְמַת נְגִיחָה הִפִּילָה. זֹאת אוֹמֶרֶת שֶׁלֹּא הִילְּכוּ בְּמִידַּת הַדִּין בַּמָּמוֹן אַחַר הָרוֹב אֶלָּא בְּמִיעוּט. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי. בְּמָקוֹם אַחֵר הִילְּכוּ בְּמִידַּת הַדִּין בַּמָּמוֹן אַחַר הָרוֹב. כְּהָדָא דְתַנֵּי רִבִּי אָחָא. גָּמָל הָאוֹחֵר בֵּין הַגְּמָלִים וְנִמְצָא שָׁם אֶחָד מֵת חַיָיב. בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁזֶּה הֲרָגוֹ.

HALAKHAH: “A bull gored a cow”, etc. Do all cows have miscarriages? Should we follow the majority of cases? This implies that in criminal cases and in money matters one does not apply a majority argument. Rebbi Yose said, in another case they applied a majority argument in criminal cases and in money matters, as Rebbi Aḥa stated: “If a camel was in heat among camels and one finds one of them dead, I am saying that certainly the one in heat killed it.”

וְאָמַר רִבִּי יַנַּאי. כֵּינִי מַתְנִיתָא. מְשַׁלֵּם חֲצִי נֶזֶק מִן הַפָּרָה וּבַעַל הַוְולָדוֹת עוֹלֶה לְבַעַל הַפָּרָה רְבִיעַ. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי. זֶה נוֹתֵן מֶחֱצָה וְזֶה נוֹתֵן מֶחֱצָה. מַה מַפְקָה מִבֵּינֵיהוֹן. מֵתוּ הַוְולָדוֹת. מָאן דָּמַר. מְשַׁלֵּם חֲצִי נֶזֶק לַפָּרָה וּרְבִיעַ נֶזֶק לַוְולָד. אָהֵן יְהִיב נִיזְקֵיהּ וְאָהֵן יְהִיב נִיזְקֵיהּ. מָאן דָּמַר. מְשַׁלֵּם חֲצִי נֶזֶק מִן הַפָּרָה וּבַעַל הַוְולָדוֹת עוֹלֶה לְבַעַל הַפָּרָה רְבִיעַ. אָהֵן יְהִיב נִיזְקֵיהּ. וְאָהֵן אָמַר. לֹא לְדֵין בְּעִית אַיְידִי לִיקוּמֵיךְ.

And Rebbi Yannai said, so is the Mishnah: He pays half of the damage from the cow and the owner of the calves returns a quarter to the owner of the cow. Rebbi Yose said, each of them gives half. What is the difference between them? If the calves died. According to him who said, he pays half of the damage from the cow and a quarter of the damage from the calf, each one pays his part of the damage. According to him who said, he pays half of the damage from the cow and the owner of the calves returns a quarter to the owner of the cow, one pays the damage, but the other one says, I did not want these, here they are before you.

וְכֵן פָּרָה שֶׁנָּגְחָה אֶת הַשּׁוֹר כול׳. רִבִּי בּוּן בַּר כַּהֲנָא בְּעָא קוֹמֵי רִבִּי אִימִּי. מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא סָפֵק. הָא אִילּוּ וַודַּאי זֶה נוֹתֵן מְחֱצָה וְזֶה נוֹתֵן מֶחֱצָה. כָּךְ אֲנִי אוֹמֵר. רַגְלָהּ שֶׁלְּאָדָם אֶחָד כּוּלָּהּ שֶׁלְּאָדָם אֶחָד. זֶה נוֹתֵן מֶחֱצָה וְזֶה נוֹתֵן מֶחֱצָה. אָמַר לֵיהּ. בְּמוּעָד הִיא מַתְנִיתָא. רַגְלָהּ מְכוּרָה לָךְ. מָכַר חֶצְיָיהּ. רַגְלָהּ שְׁנִיָיה מְכוּרָה לָךְ. מָכַר חֲצִי חֶצְיָיהּ. אָמַר רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ. כָּל אִילֵּין שְׁמוּעָתָא דְּלֵוִי אִינּוּן.

“And similarly, if a cow gored an ox,” etc. Rebbi Abun bar Cahana asked before Rebbi Immi: Because it is in doubt; therefore if it were certain, each one would give half? Would I say that a foot of a person is the entire person? Each one would give half? He said to him, the Mishnah deals with a notorious animal. “Its foot is sold to you,” he sold half. “Its second foot is sold to you,” he sold half of the [remaining] half. Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, all these traditions are Levi’s.

Halakhah 2ב׳

Mishnah

משנה: הַקַּדָּר שֶׁהִכְנִיס קְּדֵירוֹתָיו לַחֲצַר בַּעַל הַבַּיִת שֶׁלֹּא בִּרְשׁוּת וְשִׁבְּרָתָן בֶּהֶמְתּוֹ שֶׁל בַּעַל הַבַּיִת פָּטוּר וְאִם הוּזְּקָה בָהֶן בַּעַל הַקְּדֵירוֹת חַיָיב וְאִם הַכְנִיס בִּרְשׁוּת בַּעַל הֶחָצֵר חַיָיב.

MISHNAH: If a potter put his pots in a private courtyard without permission and an animal of the owner broke them, [the owner] is not liable; if [the animal] was hurt, the owner of the pots is liable. But if he puts them there with permission, the owner of the courtyard is liable.

Halakhah

הלכה: הַקַּדָּר שֶׁהִנִּיחַ קְּדֵירוֹתָיו כול׳. הִכְנִיס קְּדֵירוֹתָיו לַחֲצַר בַּעַל הַבַּיִת שֶׁלֹּא בִּרְשׁוּת וּבָא שׁוֹר מִמָּקוֹם אַחֵר וְשִׁבְּרָן פָּטוּר. הוּזַּק בָּהֶן פָּטוּר. הָדָא אָמְרָה. הַקֶּרֶן פְּטוּרָה בֶחָצֵר שֶׁאֵינָהּ שֶׁלִּשְׁנֵיהֶן.

HALAKHAH: “If a potter put his pots,” etc. If he put his pots in a private courtyard without permission and a bull came from another place and broke them, he is not liable. If it was hurt by them, he is not liable. This implies that ‘horn’ is not liable in a courtyard which belongs to neither party.

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The Jerusalem Talmud, edition by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer, De Gruyter 1999–2015, via Sefaria — CC BY

English: The Jerusalem Talmud, translation by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer, De Gruyter 1999–2015, via Sefaria — CC BY