Quien vende una casa no ha vendido la yatzia, incluso si se abre a ella. [Una yatzia es una especie de habitación que se extiende alrededor de las paredes de la casa desde el exterior, como en el Templo, a saber. (I Reyes 6: 6): "... y el más cercano yatzia". Algunos lo construyen en el grosor de la pared. E incluso si se abre en la casa y se utiliza desde allí, aún no se (considera) vendido (con él). Esto, si contiene cuatro codos; pero si no, no se considera distinto (de la casa)]. Y (él no) (vendió) la habitación que tiene delante, [la casa, incluso si se abre a la casa y se comunica con ella.] Y (él no) (vendió) el techo cuando tiene una barandilla de diez anchos de alto , [en cuyo caso es distinto en sí mismo y no está "absorbido" en la casa.] R. Yehudah dice: Si tiene la configuración de una puerta, incluso si no tiene diez anchos de alto, no se vende. [La halajá no está de acuerdo con R. Yehudah.]
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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Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Batra
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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English Explanation of Mishnah Bava Batra
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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Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Batra
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.
