003 EM Rabbi Yirmeya's Inquiries

ByDavid Kadoch

Netivot HaTorah

בבא מציעא כ״א א:י״ד

בעי רבי ירמיה:

1) חצי קב בשתי אמות מהו?

קב בארבע אמות טעמא מאי?

א) משום דנפיש טרחייהו. חצי קב בשתי אמות כיון דלא נפיש טרחייהו לא מפקר להו

ב) או דלמא משום דלא חשיבי וחצי קב בשתי אמות כיון דלא חשיבי, מפקר להו.

Bava Metzia 21a:14

Rabbi Yirmeya raises a dilemma: If a half-kav of kernels were scattered in an area of two by four cubits, what is the halakha? The aspects of the dilemma are: In the case of one kav of kernels scattered in an area of four by four cubits, what is the reason that the owner renounces his ownership of the kernels? It is due to the fact that gathering the kernels requires great exertion. In the case of a half-kav of kernels scattered in an area of two by four cubits, since gathering them does not require great exertion, he does not renounce his ownership of them. Or perhaps, the owner renounces ownership in the case of one kav of kernels scattered in an area of four by four cubits due to the fact that they are not of significant value. In the case of a half-kav of kernels scattered in an area of two by four cubits, since they are certainly not of significant value, he renounces his ownership of the kernels.

בבא מציעא כ״א א:ט״ו

קביים בשמונה אמות מהו?

קב בארבע אמות טעמא מאי?

א) משום דנפיש טרחייהו. וכל שכן קביים בשמונה אמות כיון דנפישא טרחייהו טפי מפקר להו.

ב) או דלמא משום דלא חשיבי. וקביים בשמונה אמות כיון דחשיבי, לא מפקר להו.

Bava Metzia 21a:15

Rabbi Yirmeya raises a related dilemma: If two kav of kernels were scattered in an area of eight by four cubits, what is the halakha? The aspects of the dilemma are: If one kav of kernels is scattered in an area of four by four cubits, what is the reason that the owner renounces ownership? It is due to the fact that gathering them requires great exertion. This is true all the more so in the case of two kav of kernels scattered in an area of eight by four cubits, and since gathering them requires even greater exertion, the owner renounces his ownership of them. Or perhaps, the owner renounces his ownership in the case of one kav of kernels scattered in an area of four by four cubits due to the fact that they are not of significant value. But in the case of two kav of kernels scattered in an area of eight by four cubits, since they are of significant value, he does not renounce his ownership of them.

בבא מציעא כ״א א:ט״ז

קב שומשמין בארבע אמות מהו?

קב בארבע אמות טעמא מאי?

א) משום דלא חשיבי. ושומשמין כיון דחשיבי לא מפקר להו

ב) או דלמא משום דנפיש טרחייהו. וכל שכן שומשמין כיון דנפיש טרחייהו טפי, מפקר להו.

Bava Metzia 21a:16

If one kav of sesame seeds was scattered in an area of four by four cubits, what is the halakha? The aspects of the dilemma are: In the case of one kav of kernels scattered in an area of four by four cubits, what is the reason that the owner renounces ownership? It is due to the fact that they are not of significant value. And in the case of sesame seeds, since they are of significant value he does not renounce his ownership of them. Or perhaps, the owner renounces ownership in the case of one kav of kernels scattered in an area of four by four cubits due to the fact that gathering them requires great exertion. That is true all the more so in the case of sesame seeds. Since gathering them requires even greater exertion, he renounces his ownership of them.

בבא מציעא כ״א א:י״ז-י״ח

קב תמרי בארבע אמות קב רמוני בארבע אמות מהו?

קב בארבע אמות טעמא מאי?

א) משום דלא חשיבי. קב תמרי בארבע אמות קב רמוני בארבע אמות נמי, כיון דלא חשיבי, מפקר להו.

ב) או דלמא משום דנפישא טרחייהו. וקב תמרי בארבע אמות וקב רמוני בארבע אמות כיון דלא נפיש טרחייהו, לא מפקר להו.

מאי?

תיקו.

Bava Metzia 21a:17-18

If one kav of dates was scattered with a dispersal ratio of one kav in an area of four by four cubits, or if one kav of pomegranates was scattered with a dispersal ratio of one kav in an area of four by four cubits, what is the halakha? The aspects of the dilemma are: In the case of one kav of kernels scattered in an area of four by four cubits, what is the reason that the owner renounces ownership? It is due to the fact that they are not of significant value; and also in the case of one kav of dates in an area of four by four cubits or one kav of pomegranates in an area of four by four cubits, since they are not of significant value he renounces ownership of the fruit.