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Mishnah: If one sells a field to another, telling him that he is selling him a field measuring a beit kor, with its particular demarcations and borders that the seller specifies for the buyer, the field’s measurement is not treated in as exacting a manner as in a standard sale. Therefore, if it lat
Talmud: It was stated that the amora’im disagreed about the following issue: Rav Huna says: A difference that is precisely 1/6th is like one that is less than 1/6th, and the sale is valid. Rav Yehuda says: A difference that is precisely 1/6th is like one that is more than 1/6th, and the differe
The Talmud explains the respective reasons of the two amora’im: Rav Huna says that a difference of 1/6th is like a difference of less than 1/6th, as this is what the Mishnah is saying: If the difference is less than 1/6th, and including a difference that is precisely 1/6th, it is the buyer’s, as t
The Talmud raises an objection to Rav Huna’s statement from a baraita: If one sells a field to another, telling him that he is selling him a field measuring a beit kor within its particular demarcations and borders, and he gave him a field that is 1/6th less than the measure stipulated, or, altern
The Talmud answers: Rav Huna could have said to you in reply: Even according to your reasoning, there is still a difficulty, since the baraita teaches that it is the buyer’s, i.e., the sale is final. Rather, the comparison drawn between this halakha and the judges’ assessment is not a general comp