Commentary for Arakhin 9:5
כֹּל שֶׁהוּא לִפְנִים מִן הַחוֹמָה, הֲרֵי הוּא כְבָתֵּי עָרֵי חוֹמָה, חוּץ מִן הַשָּׂדוֹת. רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, אַף הַשָּׂדוֹת. בַּיִת הַבָּנוּי בַּחוֹמָה, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אֵינוֹ כְבָתֵּי עָרֵי חוֹמָה. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, כֹּתֶל הַחִיצוֹן הִיא חוֹמָתוֹ:
Whatever is within the [city] wall is regarded as the houses in a walled city, with the exception of fields. Rabbi Meir says: even fields. A house built into the wall: Rabbi Judah says: it is not considered a house within a walled city. Rabbi Shimon says: its outer wall is regarded as its [city] wall.
Bartenura on Mishnah Arakhin
כל שלפנים מן החומה – such as the building containing the tank and all the implements for pressing olives that they make olive oil in them and the bathhouses and towers and cisterns, ditches and caves. As it is written (Leviticus 25:30): “in the city [that has a wall],” including everything that is within the city. I would be able to include the fields, the inference teaches us, “the house [in the walled city shall pass to the purchaser beyond reclaim throughout the ages],” (ibid.) excluding the fields that are not similar at all to the houses.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Arakhin
Whatever is within the [city] wall is regarded as the houses in a walled city, with the exception of fields. Rabbi Meir says: even fields.
Anything inside the walled city is governed by the laws regarding houses in the walled city. The first opinion holds that fields are the exception. The implication would be that can be redeemed, if sold, up until the Jubilee year. Rabbi Meir says that even fields within the city must be redeemed within a year, or they become the permanent property of the buyer.
Anything inside the walled city is governed by the laws regarding houses in the walled city. The first opinion holds that fields are the exception. The implication would be that can be redeemed, if sold, up until the Jubilee year. Rabbi Meir says that even fields within the city must be redeemed within a year, or they become the permanent property of the buyer.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Arakhin
ר' מאיר אומר אף השדות – Rabbi Meir is stating not the actual fields, for it is written “the house” (Leviticus 25:30), and fields are not similar to houses. But the land of rocks and fish-ponds/glen (see Tractate Arakhin 32a) that are not appropriate for sowing and are made for the building of the house. A place of stones, to take from there stones for building. And a fish-pond/glen – to take from there sand for building. But the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Meir.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Arakhin
A house built into the wall: Rabbi Judah says: it is not considered a house within a walled city. Rabbi Shimon says: its outer wall is regarded as its [city] wall.
In thickly walled cities, houses were often built right into the walls. We see this in the Tanakh in connection with Jericho. According to Rabbi Judah these houses are not considered to be within the walled city. Rather they are like houses in a courtyard, a topic which mishnah seven will discuss.
Rabbi Shimon says that the outside wall of the house counts as the wall of the city and therefore these houses are considered part of the city.
In thickly walled cities, houses were often built right into the walls. We see this in the Tanakh in connection with Jericho. According to Rabbi Judah these houses are not considered to be within the walled city. Rather they are like houses in a courtyard, a topic which mishnah seven will discuss.
Rabbi Shimon says that the outside wall of the house counts as the wall of the city and therefore these houses are considered part of the city.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Arakhin
אינו כבתי ערי חומה – to be permanently sold at the end of a year.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Arakhin
כותל החיצון הוא חומתו – and it is judged like houses in a walled city. And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yehuda.
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