Bava Batra 103B

כשיר מהו? כשורה מהו? איצטדינין מהו? דרך עקלתון מהו? תיקו.

If the rocks are scattered throughout the greater part of the field but are arranged like a ring, what is the halakha? If the rocks stand in a row, what is the halakha? If the rocks form an angle, what is the halakha? If they are arranged in the shape of a crooked path, what is the halakha? The Talmud states: All these dilemmas should stand unresolved.

תנא: אם היה סלע יחידי, אפילו כל שהוא ⁠– אין נמדד עמה. ואם היה סמוך למצר, אפילו כל שהוא ⁠– אין נמדד עמה.

A Sage taught in a baraita: If there is a solitary rock on the outskirts of the field, even if it is of a minimal size, it is not measured together with the rest of the field. And further, if that rock is adjacent to the field’s border, even if it is of a minimal size, it is not measured together with the rest of the field.

בעי רב פפא: מופסק עפר בינתים, מהו? תיקו. בעי רב אשי: עפר מלמטה וצונמא למעלה; עפר מלמעלה וצונמא מלמטה ⁠– מהו? תיקו.

Rav Pappa raises a dilemma: If earth intervenes between the rock and the border of the field, so that the rock does not actually touch the border, what is the halakha? The Talmud states: This dilemma as well should stand unresolved. Rav Ashi raises another dilemma: If there was a layer of earth below and rock above, or earth above and rock below, what is the halakha? The Talmud states: This dilemma as well should stand unresolved.

מתני׳ ״בית כור עפר אני מוכר לך ⁠– מדה בחבל״, פיחת כל שהוא ⁠– ינכה, הותיר כל שהוא ⁠– יחזיר. ואם אמר: ״הן חסר הן יתר״, אפילו פיחת רובע לסאה, או הותיר רובע לסאה ⁠– הגיעו. יותר מכאן, יעשה חשבון.

Mishnah: If one says to another: I am selling you a plot of earth the size of a beit kor, measured precisely with a rope, and he gave him even the slightest amount less than what was stipulated, the seller must deduct the difference from the purchase price of the field and return money to the buyer. If he gave him even the slightest amount more than what was stipulated, the buyer must return the difference to the seller. And if the seller said to the buyer that he is selling him a beit kor of land more or less, then even if he gave him 1/4th-kav per se’a less than what was stipulated, or he gave him 1/4th-kav per se’a more that what was stipulated, i.e., he gave him 1/24th more or less than what was required, it is his. The sale is valid, since the seller told the buyer in advance that he was not committing himself to precise measurements. If the difference is greater than that amount, he must make a calculation, and the party that suffered a loss must be compensated.