Si l'on vend des produits à son voisin, il [l'acheteur] prend sur lui un quart des produits défectueux pour chaque sa'ah, ceci étant la normale (détérioration) des produits, et pas plus.] Avec les figues, il prend sur lui-même dix vermifuges à cent, [un sur dix]. Avec une cave à vin, il prend sur lui dix mauvais vins pour cent. [S'il s'agit d'une cave à vin de grandes cruches, il prend sur lui dix grandes cruches. Si, de (petits) pichets, il prend sur lui dix pichets. Ceci, seulement quand il lui dit: "Je vous vends cette cave (à vin), et pour mikpeh"; c'est-à-dire mettre dans un plat. Mais s'il dit: «Je vous vends une cave de vin pour mikpeh», il doit lui donner tout bon vin. Car le vin mikpeh doit être bon et durable, il n'est utilisé que peu à peu. Et s'il disait: "Je vous vends du vin" (sans réserve), sans mentionner mikpeh, il lui donne du vin "moyen", celui vendu dans un magasin. Et s'il disait: «Je vous vends cette cave», sans parler du vin, même s'il s'agissait de vinaigre, la vente se tient.] Avec des vases (à vin) dans le Sharon, il prend sur lui dix pichets minces [(qui sont pas entièrement cuit, et qui absorbent et exsudent le vin)] à cent.
Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Batra
המקבל פירות – that he bought grain from his fellow. The purchaser accepts for himself for every Seah a quarter-kab of refuse, for that is the manner of grain in this and not more.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bava Batra
Introduction
Mishnah two deals with a person who sells something to another person and some of the sold item is found not to be good. In both of these mishnayoth the question asked is can the buyer demand his money back.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Batra
עשר מתליעות – [ten] eaten by worms for every one hundred, which is one out of ten.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bava Batra
If a man sold grain to his fellow, the buyer must agree to accept a quarter-kab of refuse with every seah. [If he bought] figs he must agree to accept ten that are eaten by worms for every one hundred. [If he bought] a cellar of wine, he must agree to accept ten jars gone sour in every one hundred. [If he bought] jars in Sharon, he must agree to accept ten which are not fully dry (and therefore are more easily in one hundred. When a person buys a large amount of a certain item he can expect that most of the items will be pure and in good working order, but he cannot expect that they will all be pure or in working order. If he buys grain and he finds that there is a certain amount of refuse in the grain, as long as the refuse is not more than a quarter-kab (about 350 grams) per seah (8.3 liters), he can’t demand his money back. This is about five per cent refuse. Similarly if he buys figs he can expect that some will be rotten; if he buys barrels of wine some will be sour and if he buys jars some will not be made properly. As long as the unacceptable part of the purchase is less than ten per cent, he cannot demand his money back. [Note: Sharon is on the coast of Israel, between Jaffa and Haifa.]
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Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Batra
קוסמות – bad wine. If the cellar of large wine jugs accepts upon itself ten large jugs, and if the storeroom of pitchers accepts upon itself ten pitchers, and specifically when he stated: “I am selling you this cellar.” And the stiff mass of grist, oil and onions (i.e., a porridge), meaning to say, to place within the cooked dish but if he said: “[I am selling] you a cellar of wine for the stiff mass of grist, oil and onions,” he must give him wine which is all fine for wine of a stiff mass of grist, oil and onions must be fine and enduring and that we have doubts about it other than a little bit. But, if he said, “I am selling you undefined wine,” and no mention of the stiff mass of grist, oil and onions, he gives him intermediate-quality wine that is sold in the store. But if he said: “This cellar I am selling to you,” but he did not mention even if all of it had soured/fermented had arrived.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Batra
קנקנים בשרון – in the land of the plains.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Batra
מקבל עליו עשר פטסיאות – that are not boiled all the way through and they draw wine and drip it.
