Bava Batra

Bava batra / בבא בתרא (Eng. " the back door " ) is the third Mishnah tractate in the order Nesiqin / נזיקין (Eng. " damage "). He has a Tosefta and a Gemara in both Talmuds.

The three Bavot

The term Bava batra comes from the Aramaic, meaning literally last / rear door or gate. In a figurative sense Bava also referred to a section of a literary work. The name refers to the fact that Bava Bava batra along with Qama (Eng. "the first gate" ) and Bava Metzia (Eng. " the middle gate" ) once together formed a treatise. In the eretz - jisra'elischen manuscript tradition of total tract as well as the IV order named Nesiqin and is not divided. Only in handwriting Cambridge follows Chapter 21 of the treaty, the subtitle hebrew באבא בתרא. The separation into three " doors " probably comes from the Babylonian tradition and is done for purely practical reasons. Content covers of today's treatise on the boundaries in the front two Bavot.

Content

Chapter 1 is a continuation of the previous tractate Baba Metzia and matters relating to the partnership in real estate. The following chapter is concerned primarily with questions of construction law with regard to neighborhood: What are the minimum distances must be maintained for certain construction purposes or device, such as dovecotes? Similar questions will be taken up again in Chapter 3, but first there is a clarification of the legal validity and durability of repossession.

Chapters 4 and 5 finally clarify what comprises a respective acquisition, ie for example, whether the equipment are included in the acquisition of a property. This is followed in Chapter 6 guarantees and liability obligations and further associated with a change in ownership claims to be clarified. In particular, in relation to the right of way on the sale of land, the attention is paid in the last Mischnajot. Thus the thematic keyword for Chapter 7 is given: How are plots measured?

The final three chapters deal with the first interpretation of the biblical inheritance law based on Numbers 27, then the law of contract in terms of engagements and marriages, as well as bonds or the production of documents in general.

The treatise ends with a sapiential instruction:

" Rabbi Jischma'el said:" Whoever wants to be wise, dealing with issues of financial law since there is no greater art than this in the Torah, for they are like a bubbling fountain And who wants to deal with issues of financial law. go at Shim'on ben nannos into teaching. " "

Apart from this episode at the end of the treatise contains no agadisches material abundantly found this in the Tosefta.

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