Jerusalem Talmud Bava Batra 7.1

משנה: הָאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵירוֹ בֵּית כּוֹר עָפָר אֲנִי מוֹכֵר לָךְ הָיוּ שָׁם נְקָעִים עֲמוּקִים עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים אוֹ סְלָעִים גְּבוֹהִים עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים אֵינָן נִמְדָּדִין עִמָּהּ פָּחוּת מִיּכָן נִמְדָּדִין עִמָּהּ. וְאִם אָמַר לוֹ כְּבֵית כּוֹר עָפָר הָיוּ שָׁם נְקָעִים עֲמוּקִים יוֹתֵר מֵעֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים אוֹ סְלָעִים גְּבוֹהִים יוֹתֵר מֵעֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים הֲרֵי אֵילּוּ נִמְדָּדִין עִמָּהּ.

MISHNAH: If somebody says to another: I am selling you a bet kor of dust, if there were depressions ten handbreadths deep or rocks ten handbreadths high, they are not measured with it; less than that they are measured with it. But if he said, about a bet kor of dust, if there were depressions deeper than ten handbreadths or rocks higher than ten handbreadths, they are measured with it.

הלכה: הָאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵירוֹ בֵּית כּוֹר עָפָר אֲנִי מוֹכֵר לָךְ כול׳. רִבִּי יָסָא בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. וּבִלְבַד בִּמְעוּטֵי שָׂדֵהוּ בְּמוּבְלָעִים בָּהּ. וּבְסֶלַע שֶׁשִּׁילֻּחוֹ בֵּית רוֹבַע אֵין נִמְדָּד עִמָּהּ. שֶׁבְּאֶמְצָע נִמְדָּד. שֶׁבְּצַד אֵין נִמְדָּד. אֵי זֶהוּ צַד וְאֵי זֶהוּ אֶמְצָע. דְּבֵית רִבִּי יַנַּאי אָמְרֵי. כָּל שֶׁמַּחֲרֵישָׁה סוֹבַבְתּוּ זֶהוּ אֶמְצָע. אֵין הַמַּחֲרֵישָׁה סוֹבַבְתּוּ זֶהוּ הַצַּד. אָתָא רִבִּי יוֹסֵי בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. הָיָה רוּבָּהּ מִצַּד אֶחָד שֶׁאִם תְּפַזְּרֶנָּה וְיֵשׁ לָהּ מִיעוּט נִמְדָּד עִמָּהּ. רְחָבִין כַּמָּה. רִבִּי חַגַּי אָמַר. עַד אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת. רִבִּי יוֹסֵי בֵּירִבִּי בּוּן אָמַר. עַד י̇ טְפָחִים. הָיָה שָׁם נֶקַע אֶחָד עָמוֹק י̇ טְפָחִים וְאֵין בּוֹ ד̇ מָהוּ. נִישְׁמְעִינָהּ מֵהָדָא. דָּמַר רִבִּי יָסָא בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. וּבִלְבַד בְּמִיעוּט הַשָּׂדֶה וּבְמוּבְלָעִין בָּהּ. וּבְסֶלַע שֶׁשִּׁילֻּחוֹ בֵּית רוֹבַע אֵין נִמְדָּד עִמָּהּ. הָיָה חָלוּק נִמְדָּד עִמָּהּ. הָדָא אָמְרָה. הָיָה רוּבָּהּ מִצַּד אֶחָד שֶׁאִם תְּפַזְּרֶנָּה וְיֵשׁ בָּהּ מִיעוּט אֵין נִמְדָּד עִמָּהּ. הָיָה שָׁם נֶקַע אֶחָד אָרוֹךְ וְהוּא מִסְתַּלֵּק לְבֵית רוֹבַע. רִבִּי חִיָיה בַּר וָוא שָׁאַל. הָיָה עָשׂוּי כְּמִין מַקְלוֹת נִמְדָּד עִמָּהּ אִי לֹא. רִבִּי יוּדָן בַּר יִשְׁמָעֵאל שָׁאַל. הָיָה עָשׂוּי כְּמִין טַבֶּלִּיּוֹת שֶׁל שַׁיִישׁ נִמְדָּד עִמָּהּ אִי לֹא. רִבִּי יִצְחָק בַּר טֶבֶלַיי שָׁאַל. הָיָה עָשׂוּי כְּמִין קַתֶדְרִיּוֹת מִמְּקוֹם דּוֹפָנוֹ הוּא מוֹדֵד אוֹ מִמָּקוֹם שִׁיפּוּעוֹ מוֹדֵד. רַב הוּנָא בְשֵׁם רַב [רִבִּי] חִיָיה בְשֵׁם רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. וְהוּא שֶׁיְּהֵא שָׁם בֵּית ד̇ כּוֹר עָפָר.

HALAKHAH: “If somebody says to another: I am selling you a bet kor of dust,” etc. Rebbi Yasa said in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: Only if it is the smaller part of his field and enclosed in it. And a rock with a total surface area of a bet rova‘ is not measured with it. If it is in the middle, it is measured, at the side it is not measured. What is a side and what is in the middle? In the House of Rebbi Yannai they said, any place surrounded by a ploughed area is in the middle; any place not surrounded by a ploughed area is to the side. Rebbi Yose came in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: If it was a majority on one side, but if you spread it, it becomes a smaller part, and it is measured with it. How wide? Rebbi Ḥaggai said, up to four cubits. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, up to ten handbreadths. If there was a depression ten handbreadths deep but less than four wide, what is the rule? Let us hear from the following, what Rebbi Yasa said in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: “Only if it is the smaller part of his field and enclosed in it. And a rock with a total surface area of a bet rova‘ is not measured with it. If it was split, it is measured with it.” This means that if the greater part of it was on one side, but if you spread it, it becomes the smaller part and is not measured with it. If there was a long depression which added up to a bet rova‘? Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba asked: If it was shaped like sticks, is it measured with it or not? Rebbi Yudan bar Ismael asked: If it was like marble plates, is it measured with it or not? Rebbi Isaac bar Tebelai asked: If it was formed like chairs, does he measure from the place of its wall or does he measure from its declivity? Rav Huna in the name of Rav, [Rebbi] Ḥiyya in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: Only if the total agricultural area was four bet kor.