was

<<wearing

<<shoes

<<black,

<<and standing

<<in the marketplace

<<of Nehardea.

<<Found him

<<those of the house of

<<the Exilarch,

<<and they said

<<to him:

<<what is different about

<<these

<<shoes?

<<He said to them:

<<that I

<<am mourning

<<over Jerusalem.

<<They said to him:

<<you —

<<are you important enough

<<to mourn

<<over Jerusalem?

<<They thought

<<arrogance

<<it was;

<<they brought him

<<and imprisoned him.

He said to them:

<<a man

<<great

<<I am.

<<They said to him:

<<how

<<do we know?

<<He said to them:

<<either

<<you

<<ask

<<of me

<<a matter,

<<or

<<I

<<will ask

<<of you

<<a matter.

<<They said to him:

<<ask

<<you.

He said to them:

<<this

<<one

<<who cuts down

<<a young palm,

<<what

<<does he pay?

<<They said to him:

<<he pays

<<the value of

<<the young palm.

<<But

<<there were

<<dates!

<<They said to him:

<<he pays

<<the value of

<<dates.

<<He said to them:

<<but

<<not

<<dates

<<did he take

<<from him!

They said to him:

<<say

<<to us

<<you.

<<He said to them:

<<within sixty.

<<They said to him:

<<who

<<says

<<as you do?

<<He said to them:

<<behold,

<<Shmuel

<<is alive

<<and his court

<<stands.

<<They sent

<<before

<<Shmuel;

<<he said to them:

<<well

<<he says

<<to you:

<<within sixty.

<<And they released him.

Rabbi Shimon

<<says:

<<if it ate

<<produce

<<that is ripe

<<etc.

<<What is the reason?

<<This

<<that said

<<the Merciful One

<<“and it consumes

<<in the field of

<<another” —

<<it teaches

<<that they assess

<<in relation to

<<the field —

<<these

<<words apply

<<to a thing

<<that needs

<<the field;

<<these —

<<since

<<they do not

<<need

<<the field,

<<as they are

<<he must

<<pay.

Rav Huna bar Chiya said in the name of Rabbi Yirmeya bar Abba:

<<judged

<<Rav

<<like Rabbi

<<Meir,

<<and ruled

<<the halachah

<<like Rabbi

<<Shimon.

Judged

<<Rav

<<like Rabbi

<<Meir,

<<as it was taught:

<<if he wrote

<<to the first

<<and she did not

<<sign

<<for him,

<<to the second

<<and she signed

<<for him —

<<she has lost

<<her kesubah;

<<the words of

<<Rabbi Meir.

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<able

<<is she

<<to say:

<<a kindness

<<I did

<<for my husband;

<<you —

<<what

<<is it to you

<<against me?

And ruled

<<the halachah

<<like Rabbi

<<Shimon,

<<as

<<this

<<that we learned:

<<Rabbi Shimon

<<says:

<<if it ate

<<produce

<<that is ripe,

<<it pays

<<produce

<<that is ripe:

<<if

<<a se'ah,

<<a se'ah;

<<if

<<two se'ahs,

<<two se'ahs.

MISHNAH:

<<One who stacks grain

<<in

<<the field of

<<his fellow

<<without

<<permission,

<<and ate it

<<the animal

<<of

<<the field's owner —

<<he is exempt.

<<And if

<<it was harmed

<<by them,

<<the owner of

<<the stack

<<is liable.

<<And if

<<he stacked

<<with permission,

<<the field's owner

<<is liable.

GEMARA:

<<Shall we say

<<we learned

<<not

<<like Rabbi?

<<For if

<<like Rabbi —

<<he said:

<<not until

<<accepts

<<upon himself

<<the householder

<<to guard!

<<Rav Pappa said:

<<here

<<with a guard of

<<threshing floors

<<we are dealing,

<<for since

<<he said

<<to him:

<<“go in

<<and stack”,

<<“go in

<<and I will guard

<<for you”

<<it is.

MISHNAH:

<<One who sends

<<the fire

<<by the hand of

<<a deaf-mute,

<<an imbecile,

<<or a minor

<<is exempt

<<by the laws of

<<man,

<<and liable

<<by the laws of

<<Heaven.

<<If he sent it

<<by the hand of

<<a competent person,

<<the competent person

<<is liable.

If one

<<brought

<<the fire

<<and one

<<brought

<<the wood,

<<the one who brings

<<the wood

<<is liable.

<<If one

<<brought

<<the wood

<<and one

<<brought

<<the fire,

<<the one who brings

<<the fire

<<is liable.

If came

<<another

<<and fanned it,

<<the one who fans

<<is liable.

<<If fanned it

<<the wind,

<<all of them

<<are exempt.

GEMARA:

<<Reish Lakish said in the name of Chizkiyah:

<<they did not

<<teach it

<<except

<<where he handed

<<him

<<a coal

<<and he fanned it;

<<but

<<if he handed

<<him

<<a flame,

<<he is liable.

<<What is the reason?

<<His actions

<<caused it

<<for him.

And Rabbi Yochanan

<<said:

<<even

<<if he handed

<<him

<<a flame,

<<he is exempt.

<<What is the reason?

<<The tongs

<<of the deaf-mute

<<caused it

<<for him.

<<And he is not

<<liable

<<until

<<he hands

<<him

<<kindling wood,