Wer ein Haus verkauft, hat die Yatzia nicht verkauft, auch wenn sie sich öffnet. [Eine Yatzia ist eine Art Raum, der von außen wie im Tempel um die Wände des Hauses läuft. (1. Könige 6: 6): "... und die unterste Yatzia." Einige bauen es in der Dicke der Wand. Und selbst wenn es sich ins Haus öffnet und daraus genutzt wird, wird es (damit) nicht verkauft. Dies, wenn es vier Ellen enthält; aber wenn nicht, wird es nicht als vom Haus verschieden angesehen]. Und (er hat) den Raum davor nicht verkauft, das Haus, auch wenn es sich zum Haus hin öffnet und mit ihm kommuniziert. Und er hat das Dach nicht verkauft, wenn es ein zehn Handbreiten hohes Geländer hat , [in diesem Fall ist es an sich verschieden und wird im Haus nicht "absorbiert".] R. Yehudah sagt: Wenn es die Konfiguration einer Tür hat, wird es nicht verkauft, auch wenn es nicht zehn Handbreiten hoch ist. [Die Halacha stimmt nicht mit R. Yehudah überein.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Batra
המוכר את הבית. היציע – like a kind of room that they make around the walls of the house from the outside, like what was in the Temple, as it is written (I Kings 6:6): “The lowest story was [five cubits wide],” and there are those who make it in the thickness of the wall. But even though that it is open to the house and its usage is within, even so, it is not sold. And it is four cubits, but if it is not four cubits, it is not considered [separate] and it is sold with the house.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bava Batra
Introduction
Chapter four of Bava Batra deals with the laws of sale, and specifically with the question which things are included in the sale of a particular item. Mishnah one begins to discuss the laws of selling a house: when a house is sold what things are sold with and as part of the house?
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ולא את החדר שלפנים – from the house, and even though it is open to the house and it is tread upon.
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If a man sold a house, he has not sold its side chambers, even though they open into the house, nor the room that is behind [the house], nor the roof, if it has a railing more than ten hand-breadths high. Rabbi Judah says: “If the roof as entrance shaped like a door, even if the railing is not ten hand-breadths high, it is sold.” If someone sells a house without specifying what parts of the house he is selling, there are certain things that are not included in the sale. According to section one, basically the main room is included in the house, but the side room and the room behind the house are not included. The roof is also not included, on the condition that it has a railing more than ten hand-breadths high. According to Rabbi Judah, even if the railing is not ten hand-breadths high, if it has an entrance the shape of a door, it is not sold with the house. In order for the purchaser to acquire these things, he would have to specify so at the time of the sale.
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בזמן שיש לו מעקה גבוה עשרה – it is considered by itself and not nullified in regard to the house.
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Questions for Further Thought: • Why is important for the roof to have a railing more than ten-handbreadths high, in order for it not to be included in the sale?
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רבי יהודה אומר וכו' – The Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yehuda.
