משנה: וְאֵי זֶהוּ דָבָר שֶׁלְּעוֹלֵי בָבֵל. כְּגוֹן הַר הַבַּיִת וְהָעֲזָרוֹת וְהַבְּאֵר שֶׁבְּאֶמְצַע הַדֶּרֶךְ. וְאֵי זֶהוּ דָבָר שֶׁלְּאוֹתָהּ הָעִיר כְּגוֹן הָרְחָבָה וְהַמֶּרְחָץ וּבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת וְהַתֵּיבָה וְהַסְּפָרִים וְהַכּוֹתֵב חֶלְקוֹ לַנָּשִׂיא. רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר אֶחָד כּוֹתֵב לַנָּשִׂיא וְאֶחָד כּוֹתֵב לַהֶדְיוֹט. מַה בֵין כּוֹתֵב לַנָּשִׂיא לַכּוֹתֵב לַהֶדְיוֹט שֶׁהַכּוֹתֵב לַנָּשִׂיא אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לְזַכּוֹת וְהַכּוֹתֵב לַהֶדְיוֹט צָרִיךְ לוֹ לְזַכּוֹת. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים אֶחָד זֶה וְאֶחָד זֶה צְרִיכִין לְזַכּוֹת. לֹא דִבְּרוּ בַנָּשִׂיא אֶלָּא בַהוֹוֶה. רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר אֵין אַנְשֵׁי הַגָּלִיל צְרִיכִין לִכְתּוֹב שֶׁכְּבָר כָּתְבוּ אֲבוֹתָם עַל יְדֵיהֶם.
MISHNAH: What are the institutions of the returnees from Babylonia? For example, the Temple Mount, the courtyards, and the cistern in the middle of the road. What are the institutions of that town? For example, the town square, the bathhouse, the synagogue with the ark and the scrolls. And he writes his part to the Patriarch. Rebbi Jehudah says, one of them writes to the Patriarch and the other to a private person. What is the difference between him who writes to the Patriarch and him who writes to a private person? The one who writes to the Patriarch does not have to perform an act of delivery, the one who writes to a private person has to perform an act of delivery. But the Sages say, in either case one has to perform an act of delivery. Rebbi Jehudah says, the people of Galilee do not have to write since their forefathers already wrote for them.