Se uno vende prodotti al suo vicino, egli [l'acquirente] si assume un quarto di difettoso (produrre) per ogni sa'ah, essendo questo il normale (deterioramento) per i prodotti, e non di più.] Con i fichi, assume egli stesso dieci vermi a cento, [uno su dieci]. Con una cantina, prende su di sé dieci vini cattivi per cento. [Se è una cantina di grandi brocche, prende su di sé dieci grandi brocche. Se, di (piccoli) lanciatori, prende su di sé dieci lanciatori. Questo, solo quando gli dice: "Ti vendo questa (vino) cantina, e per il mikpeh"; cioè, per mettere in un piatto. Ma se dice: "Ti vendo una cantina di vino per mikpeh", deve dargli tutto il buon vino. Per il mikpeh il vino deve essere buono e duraturo, essendo usato solo a poco a poco. E se dicesse: "Ti sto vendendo vino" (non qualificato), senza menzionare il mikpeh, gli dà un vino "medio", il tipo venduto in un negozio. E se dicesse: "Ti sto vendendo questa cantina", senza menzionare il vino, anche se fosse tutto aceto, la vendita è valida.] Con navi (da vino) nello Sharon, prende su di sé dieci caraffe sottili [(che sono non interamente cotto e che assorbe ed emana vino)] a cento.
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.
