Meilah 20A

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נתנה לחברו ⁠– הוא מעל, וחברו לא מעל. בנאה בתוך ביתו ⁠– הרי זה לא מעל, עד שידור תחתיה בשוה פרוטה.

If he gave the stone or the beam to another, he is liable for its misuse and the other person is not liable for its misuse. If he built the stone or the beam into his house, he is not liable for its misuse until he resides beneath it and derives benefit equal to the value of one peruta from it.

נטל פרוטה של הקדש ⁠– הרי זה לא מעל. נתנה לחברו ⁠– הוא מעל, וחברו לא מעל. נתנה לבלן, אף על פי שלא רחץ מעל, שהוא אומר לו: הרי המרחץ פתוח לפניך, הכנס ורחוץ.

If one took for his use a consecrated peruta, that person is not liable for its misuse. If he gave the peruta to another, he is liable for its misuse and the other person is not liable for its misuse. If he gave the peruta to a bathhouse attendant [levallan], although he did not bathe, he is liable for misuse of the peruta. The reason is that at the moment he receives the peruta, the attendant in effect says to the owner of the peruta: The bathhouse is open before you, enter and bathe. The benefit derived from that availability is worth one peruta.

אכילתו ואכילת חברו, הנייתו והניית חברו, אכילתו והניית חברו, הנייתו ואכילת חברו ⁠– מצטרפין זה עם זה, ואפילו לזמן מרובה.

One’s consumption of half of a peruta of consecrated food and another’s consumption of half of a peruta of consecrated food that the first person fed him; and likewise one’s benefit of half of a peruta derived from a consecrated item and another’s benefit of half of a peruta derived from a consecrated item that the first person provided him; and similarly one’s consumption and another’s benefit derived or one’s benefit derived and another’s consumption, all these join together to constitute the requisite measure of one peruta for liability for misuse, and that is the halakha even if much time has passed between these various acts of consumption and deriving of benefit.

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