Study Bava Kamma folio 9B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
If we say it means that one should spend up to 1/3rd of his estate to perform a mitzva, but if that is so, and if it happened to him that he became obligated in 3 mitzvot at the same time, should he give his entire estate away in order to fulfill those mitzvot? One is certainly not required to do s
Rather, what R' Zeira said is that for the embellishment of the performance of a mitzva, e.g., to purchase a more beautiful item used in the performance of a mitzva, one should spend up to 1/3rd more than the cost of the standard item used to perform the mitzva.
Rav Ashi raises a dilemma: How is this 1/3rd calculated? Is it 1/3rd from within, i.e., he calculates the cost of a standard item, adds 1/3rd of that value, and spends the total on purchasing a more beautiful item; or is it 1/3rd from without, i.e., 1/3rd of the sum he ultimately spends should be
In the West, Eretz Yisrael, they say in the name of R' Zeira: Of the money one spends on purchasing a more beautiful item to perform a mitzva, up to 1/3rd more than the cost of a standard item comes from his own finances, but from this point forward, any additional sum spent on purchasing a more
Mishnah: With regard to anything for which I became responsible for safeguarding it to prevent it from causing damage, if it in fact causes damage, it is considered as if I actively facilitated that damage, and accordingly I must pay for it. In any case in which I facilitated part of the damage it