BAVA KAMA 64 - Two weeks of study material have been dedicated by Ms. Estanne Fawer to honor the Yahrzeit of her father, Rav Mordechai ben Eliezer Zvi (Rabbi Morton Weiner) Z'L, who passed away on 18 Teves 5760. May the merit of supporting and advancing Dafyomi study -- which was so important to him -- during the weeks of his Yahrzeit serve as an Iluy for his Neshamah.

[64a - 42 lines; 64b - 50 lines]

1)[line 17]פרט וכלל נעשה כלל מוסיף על הפרטPRAT U'CHLAL; NA'ASEH KLAL MOSIF AL HA'PRAT

(a)In the Introduction to the Sifra (the Halachic Midrash to Vayikra), Rebbi Yishmael, who is Doresh Klalei and Pratei (see below, entry #9), lists thirteen methods that Chazal use for extracting the Halachah from the verses of the Torah. One of them is Prat u'Chlal, [Na'aseh Klal Mosif Al ha'Prat].

(b)When a Prat (specification) is followed by a Klal (general term), then the Halachah of the verse is all-inclusive and applies to all of the cases of the general category.

2)[line 21]כלל ופרט אין בכלל אלא מה שבפרטKLAL U'FRAT; EIN BA'KLAL ELA MAH SHEBA'PRAT

(a)In the Introduction to the Sifra (the Halachic Midrash to Vayikra), Rebbi Yishmael, who is Doresh Klalei and Pratei (see below, entry #9), lists thirteen methods that Chazal use for extracting the Halachah from the verses of the Torah. One of them is Klal u'Frat [Ein bi'Chlal Ela Mah shebi'Frat].

(b)When a Klal (general term) is followed by a Prat (specification), without teaching any new Halachos that pertain to that Prat, then the Halachah of the verse is limited and applies only to the Prat.

3)[line 24]והא לא דמי כללא בתרא לכללא קמאV'HA LO DAMI KLALA VASRA LI'CHLALA KAMA- but the final Klal is not similar to the first Klal

4)[line 27]"אם המצא תמצא...""IM HIMATZEI TIMATZEI..."- "If the theft be at all found [in his hand alive, whether it be an ox, or a donkey, or a sheep; he shall restore double.]" (Shemos 22:3)

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5)[line 7]והא שני כללות דסמיכי אהדדי נינהו?V'HA SHNEI CHELALOS DI'SEMICHEI A'HADADEI NINHU?- but they are two Klalos (general terms) that are next to each other?

6)[line 8]כדאמרי במערבאKED'AMREI BMA'ARAVA- like they say in the west (i.e. Eretz Yisrael)

7)[line 8]כל מקום שאתה מוצא שתי כללות הסמוכים זה לזהKOL MAKOM SHE'ATAH MOTZEH SHTEI KLALOS HA'SEMUCHIM ZEH LA'ZEH...- wherever you find two Klalos (general terms) written together followed by a Prat (a specific term), we interpret the Pasuk the same as a Klal u'Frat u'Chlal, as if the specification is written in between the two.

8a)[line 14]דבר המטלטלDAVAR HA'MITALTEL- a movable object

b)[line 14]וגופו ממוןV'GUFO MAMON- and it has intrinsic monetary value

9)[line 18]ריבה ומיעט וריבה הואRIBAH U'MI'ET V'RIBAH HU (RIBUYEI U'MI'UTEI)

(a)In order to extract the Halachah from the verses of the Torah, many Tana'im interpret the verses on the basis of Klalim (generalizations) and Pratim (specifications). Others interpret the verses on the basis of Ribuyim (inclusions, i.e. qualifications that enlarge the scope of the law) and Mi'utim (exclusions).

(b)According to the approach that learns Klalei u'Fratei, when a Klal is followed by a Prat, which is followed in turn by another Klal, then everything belonging to the general category that is similar to the Prat is included. Anything that is not in the general category of the limiting Prat is not included. According to the approach that learns Ribuyei u'Mi'utei, the outcome mentioned previously (for Klal u'Frat u'Chlal) is already achieved when a Ribuy is followed only by a Mi'ut. When a Ribuy is followed by a Mi'ut and the Mi'ut is followed in turn by another Ribuy, then everything is included except for one item that is totally dissimilar to the limiting Mi'ut. (This means that the verse will include more instances than the first opinion assumed.)

10)[line 20]במים במים ב' פעמיםBA'MAYIM BA'MAYIM 2 PE'AMIM- it states the word "ba'Mayim" two times with regard to Kosher fish in the same verse: "mi'Kol Asher ba'Mayim" and "Kol Asher Lo Senapir v'Kaskeses ba'Mayim" (Vayikra 11:9)

11)[line 25]אחייה לקרן כעין שגנבACHYEI LA'KEREN K'EIN SHE'GANAV- restore (lit. keep alive) the principle (the value of the animal) like it was at the time that it was stolen

12)[line 30]מודה בקנס ואחר כך באו עדים פטורMODEH BI'KENAS V'ACHAR KACH BA'U EDIM, PATUR

Any payment that involves over-compensation for a monetary loss is considered a "Kenas" (penalty) rather than "Mamon" (compensation). In every case of Kenas, the liable party does not have to pay the Kenas if he admits to his guilt of his own accord. Only if witnesses testify to his guilt in court must he pay. If he admits to his guilt of his own accord, and later witnesses testify to his guilt in court, the Amora'im argue as to whether or not he must pay the Kenas (Bava Kama 74b-75a - he is exempted from payment, according to the lenient opinion, only if his admission took place under specific circumstances). Until one is obligated to pay a Kenas in court, he is fully exempt from payment and does not even have a moral obligation to pay it on his own accord (RASHBA to Bava Kama 74b, see also RAMBAN in Milchamos HaSh-m at the end of the third Perek of Kesuvos).

13)[line 43]כל פרשה שנאמרה ונשנית לא נשנית אלא לדבר שנתחדש בהKOL PARSHAH SHE'NE'EMRAH V'NISHNEIS LO NISHNEIS ELA LA'DAVAR SHE'NISCHADESH BAH- any topic that is taught in the Torah and is repeated elsewhere in the Torah comes to teach a new Halachah with respect to that topic

14)[line 46]אמרת לא כך היה!AMART, LO KACH HAYAH!- You must conclude that this is not the correct approach!

15)[last line]"[אם המצא תמצא ב]ידו""[IM HIMATZEI TIMATZEI B']YADO "- "[If the theft be at all found] in his hand [alive, whether it be an ox, or a donkey, or a sheep; he shall restore double.]" (Shemos 22:3)