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Jerusalem Talmud Bava Metzia 6.4

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

MISHNAH: Somebody who rented a donkey to use it to transport wheat but transported barley, grain but transported straw, is liable. How much did one add to the load that he became liable? Symmachos said in the name of Rebbi Meïr: one se’ah for a camel, three qab for a donkey.

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

HALAKHAH: “Somebody who rented a donkey,” etc. “How much did one add to the load that he became liable? Symmachos said in the name of Rebbi Meïr: one se’ah for a camel, three qab for a donkey, one qab for a porter, and three se‘ah for a cart. But a ship according to its size”.

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

“If a caravan was attacked by soldiers one computes according to value but not according to persons. If they sent a scout ahead of them, one computes according to persons. One does not deviate from the usage of caravans.”

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

“If a ship encounters a calamity and one lightens its load, one computes according to weight and value but not according to persons. But one who rents a carriage or a ship from another person computes according to load and persons but not according to value.”

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

“If a caravan was attacked by soldiers and one of its members managed to save something from their hand, he saved equally [for all]; but if they gave him permission, he saved for himself. If donkey-drivers were attacked by robbers and one of theirs managed to save something from their hand, he saved equally [for all]; but if he stipulated with them in court, he saved for himself. If toll collectors forgave to partners, they forgave equally [for all]; but if they indicated, we forgave to Mr. X, what they forgave, they forgave him.”

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

“The repentance of publicans and toll collectors is difficult. They should return to those whom they know; [moneys taken] from people they do not know they should use for the public good.”

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The Jerusalem Talmud, edition, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015). CC BY. Text from Sefaria (sefaria.org); commentary notes omitted. · Source ↗

Hebrew/Aramaic text: The Jerusalem Talmud, edition by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015), via Sefaria (sefaria.org). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Changes: footnotes and HTML formatting removed.

The Jerusalem Talmud, edition, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015). CC BY. Text from Sefaria (sefaria.org); commentary notes omitted. · Source ↗

English translation: The Jerusalem Talmud, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015); commentary notes omitted, via Sefaria (sefaria.org). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Changes: footnotes and HTML formatting removed.

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