What does the phrase וְהָוֵינַן בַּה— “and we discussed it”— truly mean? It appears in Bava Batra 138. My usual approach is that the phrase
A baraita on Bava Batra 130b seems to declare that we don’t rule from a straight reading of the Gemara. Thus: תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: אֵין לְמֵדִין
On Bava Metzia 116, Rami bar Chama poses two questions. The Mishna had stated a kelal, a general rule, that (i) when someone has higher
While reading Bava Batra 103a, I noticed that the sugya discussed densities and the kav measure; how much someone would willingly forgo; comments by specific
I sold you a barrel of wine and it subsequently turned to vinegar. Who bears financial responsibility? Rav says that if it turned during the
In Bava Batra 90b, fourth-generation Rav Pappa bar Shmuel instituted a measure of three kefiza. His rabbinic colleagues object to him saying that this conflicts
In Bava Batra 83a, Rabbi Yirmeya raises two dilemmas. Shmuel had earlier specified a distance between a set of three trees to be considered one
In Bava Batra 75a, Rabba thrice quotes Rabbi Yochanan about messianic times —- Hashem making a meal for the righteous from the Leviathan’s flesh; a
The mishna on Bava Batra 64b discusses someone who sells his house without explicitly mentioning in the contract that he’s also selling the cistern on
On Bava Batra 55a, Rabba (bar Nachmani) relates a set of three teachings which Ukvan bar Nechemia, the Exilarch, told him in Shmuel’s name. The
In Bava Batra 47b, we encounter the “Sicarius,” in a quote from Mishnah Gittin 5:6. That Mishna lays out a law that, if one first
We recently read that Rav Adda bar Abba died prematurely (Bava Batra 22a). Various Pumbeditan Amoraim felt guilty for his death. They each recount their
