Babylonian Talmud

Rodkinson 1918 — source 13, scan section 2

horn of Israel be raised ? Rabban Johanan b. Zakkai questioned his disciples as to the meaning of the verse, Prov. xiv. 34, etc, Iphra Hurmiz, the mother of King Sabur, sent four hundred dinars for charity to R. Ammi, etc. If one bought a tract of land, however small, he is considered a citizen immedi- ately, 16-32 MiSHNA V. Partners cannot compel each other to divide. This is the rule: If, after division, each part retains its former name, then one can com- pel his partner to divide. A yard must be divided in accordance with the doors, etc. The four ells which are allowed for each door are for unloading. If one of the inhabitants of an alley desires to open the door leading from his yard to another alley. Inhabitants of alleys who desire to make doors to the street may be prevented by the public. Prophecy was taken away from the prophets and was given to the wise, to lunatics, and children (how this is to be understood). There was a man who bought an estate near to the estate of his father-in-law (who had no male children). The law, "Either you concede or I concede," when is it applied ? The case of female slaves whom Huna bequeathed to his sons. May or may not the books of the Bible be bound together ? What must the size of the holy scrolls be ? What was placed in the ark, and how. The order of the Prophets, and who wrote them ? Who was Job — an Israelite or a Gentile — and at what time did he exist, if he existed at all ? The legends about Satan and Job. Satan was more afflicted than Job himself, etc. Satan and Peninnah both intended (with their accusations) to please Heaven, etc. The explanation of the passages addressed out of the storm wind, etc., etc. Why was not Job doubly rewarded with daughters, as he was with sons and with all his property ? There are three to whom the Holy One, blessed be He, gave a taste of the world to come in this world. There are six whom the angel of death has not domi- nated. There are four who died without sin, .... 32-54 CHAPTER II. MiSHNAS /. TO ///, How much space is to be left between one's property and another's ? For whom is it to remove himself from supposed injury, the supposed injurer or him who would be injured ? One must remove a pond for steeping flax from herbs, garlic from onions, and mustard from bees. Three spans space, and plastered with lime — are both needed, or does one of them suffice ? Is one allowed to void his urine near the wall of his neighbor ? Under what circumstances one may or may not place an oven in a lower story of a house. Can one of the partners in a yard prevent his partner from establishing a store in it, or not ? At what age a child may be taken to school. The enactment of Joshua b. Gamla concerning teaching of children. In what circumstances the claim," You are cutting off my livelihood," applies? "I doubt whether an inhabitant of one alley can prevent one of another alley from competing with him." The legend of R. Dimi's dry figs. How much space is to be left from one wall to an opposite one, and how much to a window, 55-^7 MiSHNAS /F. TO X//. To what distance a ladder must be removed from one's neighbor's pigeon-coop. The distance between a pigeon-coop and the city. If a case which we should judge by a majority would be different if SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS. ix according to proximity, how is it to be judged ? How much space is to be left to the city when planting a fruit tree outside ; and how much to a wild one, to a carob, and to a sycamore. How much to barns, to cemeteries, and to tanneries. The Shekhinah occupies every place. The world is like a balcony without the fourth wall, etc. On what side of the city a tannery may be placed. He who desires to increase his wisdom shall recite his prayers towards the south, etc. To a well a distance of twenty-five ells must be left when planting a tree, etc. One must not plant a tree near his neighbor's field, etc. A tree which bears fruit to the measure of a kab is forbidden to be cut down. A tree which is within sixteen ells of the boundary of another's estate is considered robbery, etc. If the branches of a tree are inclined towards another's field, what is to be done ? The branches of a tree which overhang public ground may be cut off, so that a camel with its rider may pass freely, 67-82 CHAPTER III. MiSHNA /. The law of occupancy — to what it does and does not apply. Whence is it deduced ? What time is needed for it, and how a protest against it should be made. Must the three years of hazakah be interrupted ? Who testifies as to the occupancy of houses ? The many cases of occupied houses which the owners claimed, brought before different rabbis of the Amoraim who decided differently. If one claims, " It was from my parents," and the other claims the same. There was one who said : " I possessed a document but lost the true one, and this is a correct copy." There was another case similar concerning a hundred zuz in cash. It was murmured among people that Rabha b. Sharshum had appropriated land belonging to orphans, and Abayi sent for him. One snatched a piece of silver from his neighbor and the case was brought before R. Ami. There was a boat about which two parties quarrelled, each claiming that it was his. If each of the parties claim : "This estate belonged to my parents." If witnesses testify that the plaintiff has loaded a basket of fruit from this field on the shoulders of the defendant, the hazakah is effected immediately. Is ploughing a haza- kah, or not ? If one has made a hazakah on the trees and another upon the ground, has the owner of the trees a share in the ground ? . . 83-100 MiSHNAS //. AND ///. There are three lands concerning the law of haza- kah. If one runs away from a city because of crime, and one occupies his estate, the law of hazakah applies. How should one protest ? Is a protest not in one's presence to be considered ? Under what circumstances the court announces to the defendant that his property will be sold. How is it when he told them to write a deed of gift without an explanation ? A haza- kah to which there is no claim is not to be considered. How so ? What happened to Anan and Kahana, who placed their fences on others' estates. If the father has consumed one year and his son two, or vice versa, or each of them one year and the buyer from them one year, is it considered a hazakah ? The law of hazakah does not apply to specialists, farmers, etc. May one who is supposed to be interested in a case be a witness ? Has one a right to say : "I cut myself off from this estate entirely " ? If A has robbed B of a field and has sold it to C, then D comes with a claim, has B then any right to be a witness for C? If one sold a field to his neighbor without