The Babylonian Talmud

By Translated by Michael L. Rodkinson

Book 7

Table of Contents

Tract Baba Bathra, Part I

  Title Page
  Explanatory Remarks
  Dedication
  Synopsis Of Subjects
Chapter 1 Rules and Regulations Concerning Houses, Yards, and Fields in Partnership or Conjointly; the Sharing in Partitions, Fences, and Walls; Looking Into Others' Property; Claims Paid Before Due; Duties of One to His City--Streets, Etc.; Citizenship by Lapse of Time, and Concerning the Size of a Yard Liable to Division
Chapter 2 Rules and Regulations Concerning Space to be Left Between One's Property and Another's, be it of One or Two Kinds. Under What Conditions a Tenant May Place an Oven in His Dwelling. Under What Circumstances a Shop in a Yard May be Prevented. Concerning the Space to be Left between a City and Pigeon-Coops, Trees, Barns, Cemeteries, and Tanneries
Chapter 3 Rules and Regulations Concerning Occupancy (Hazakah)--At What Time and In What Respect It Gives Title. Replevins by Court. Properties Occupied By a Defendant Who Is Mightier Than the Plaintiff but Equal in Evidence. a Protest against Occupancy in One's Presence or Absence by One's Opponent. The Writing of Bills Of Sale and Deeds of Gift. Occupancies Which Came From Inheritance. The Occupancies of Specialists, Partners, Gardeners, and Guardians. Obtaining Properties from the Contracting Collectors of Duties and Taxes. Bailments--Of Whom They May be Accepted. Personal Properties to Which The Law Of Occupancy Does and Does Not Apply. Opening Of Windows and Doors to Neighbors' or Partners' Properties, and Building Of Caves, Pits, Etc., Under Public Ground
Chapter 4 Rules and Regulations Concerning Unconditional and Conditional Sales Or Gifts Of Buildings, Houses, and Palaces: What Is and What Is Not Included; and Also Concerning Yards, Bath-Houses, and Press-Houses for Oil and Wine. Sales of Whole Cities, Valleys, Fields, Wells, Etc.
Chapter 5 Rules and Regulations Concerning Sales Of Ships, Boats, Animals, and Teams; Concerning Broods Of Pigeons and Beasts; Trees, With The Ground and Without. How to Acquire Title to Fruit and Flax. Of Articles Which Became Dearer or Cheaper Between the Time of Sale and Delivery. At What Time the Wholesalers and Storekeepers Had to Correct Their Weights and Measures, and Of What Material the Weights Might and Might Not be Made
 

Appendix to Mishna I., Chap. III, Page 83

   

Tract Baba Bathra, Part II

  Title Page
  Explanatory Remarks
  Dedication
  Synopsis Of Subjects
Chapter 6 Rules and Regulations Concerning the Sale of Seeds Which Become Spoiled, the Quantity of Dust Which May or May Not be Accepted in the Measures of Grain and Fruit, and Wine Which Becomes Sour After Sale Before Delivery.--Concerning Contractors for Houses and Stables, Wells and Gardens, Situated in Neighbors' Properties or Public Thoroughfares in Private Ground, and Concerning Graves and Caves for Burying
Chapter 7 Rules and Regulations Concerning Rocks and Pits in Ground Sold; the Quantities of Greater or Less Measure Which May or May Not Void a Sale of Fields, Villages, Etc.
Chapter 8 Rules and Regulations Concerning Bequests to and inheritance By Near and Distant Relatives, Male and Female Slaves and their Descendants, First Born and Husbands. One May or May Not Wish to Bequeath His Estate to Strangers When He Has Children. Which Wills Must be Considered and Which Wills Must Not. The Dividing of an inheritance between Grown-Up and Minor Children, Male and Female
Chapter 9 Rules and Regulations Concerning the Support of Unmarried Daughters after the Death of their Father, If Among the Children Were an Hermaphrodite or An Androgyn. May or May Not One Bequeath His Estate to Strangers If He Has Children? Does the Second Will Abolish the First? If a Sick Person Recovers After Making a Gift While Sick, May He Retract or Not? If Sudden Death Occur to Many Persons, and It Is Not Known Who Died First, and Each of the Heirs Claims for His Benefit
Chapter 10 How Deeds Should be Written and Where the Witnesses Should Sign. Concerning Erasures of Some Words in Deeds. In Which Cases both Parties Must be Present At the Writing of the Deeds, and in Which One of them Suffices. Concerning a Deposited Deed Which Was Paid in Part. How Shall the Court Approve An Erased Document? Property for Private Use Which Was Left to Poor and Rich Brothers