#bava batra

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Bava Batra 158

Rabbi Zeira had one thought to share, Moved to Israel, and when he got there Reversed his opinion For that holy dominion Makes one wise, "It's," he said, "in the air."

[writer-at-the-table]

I am once again asking for diagrams of the city, town, and village setups discussed in the Talmud. This is like Eruvin all over again,

[nonstandardrepertoire]

sometimes when the sages are like "this verse about leprosy proves that the sun is red despite appearing white because of a strained pun involving a ruling about buying wheat", i'm like "sure besties, whatever you say", but then sometimes they go on to explain that the sun is red in the morning because it is rising over all the roses in the Garden of Eden and taking on their reflected hue and i need to go lie down on the floor until i recover

[jdsquared]

Bava Batra 119a

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[The Sages taught in another baraita (Tosefta, Nega’im 6:3): A round house, or one that is shaped like a digon, i.e., it has two walls, one straight and one curved, or one that is shaped like a terigon, i.e., a triangle, or one that is shaped like a pentagon, does not become susceptible to the ritual impurity of leprous spots. If it is shaped like a tetrigon, i.e., a quadrilateral, it becomes susceptible to the ritual impurity of leprous spots.]

I am once again asking for illustrations and diagrams.

Not because I'm having difficulty parsing, this time, just because I want to know what the different shaped houses looked like.

[dafyomilimerick]

Bava Batra 167

Number words (three up to ten) Shouldn't sit at the line's end, for then. Some unscrupulous dude Might add "-ty" to it (rude!) And you'll pay out again and again.

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Bava Batra 102

Find three bodies while digging about? Dig a circle to ten meters out. Find another? Keep spading, For you clearly are wading In a graveyard, there can be no doubt.

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Bava Batra 92

"Bought an ox for my land-plowing chores, Now I find that this ox often gores!" Rav says this is reversible. "No, you may curse a bull. But," Shmuel says, "it's still yours!"