Study Bava Metzia folio 117A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
With regard to a resident of the upper story who is entitled to move into the lower story, when he resides there, does he reside alone as he did at the outset when he occupied the upper story, and the owner of the house has no choice but to move out? Or perhaps they both reside there together, as th
If you say that they both reside there, when the upper-story resident uses the house, does he use it by way of its entrances, like the owner, or must he use it by way of the roofs? Must he climb the stairs and enter the upper story, and then descend to the house from there? Can the owner say: The
If you say that the tenant can say to the owner: I did not accept upon myself an ascent and a descent, in a case where there were two upper stories, this one on top of that one, what is the halakha? The Talmud clarifies the circumstances of this case: If the floor of the higher upper story was brok
Do we say that the owner of the house can say to the tenant: You accepted upon yourself the term: An upper story, and I have provided one for you? Or perhaps one says that the tenant accepted upon himself one ascent, but he did not accept upon himself two ascents. No answer was found for these qu
§ The Mishnah teaches: R' Yosei says: The lower resident provides the ceiling and the upper resident provides the plaster. The Talmud asks: What is the word ceiling referring to in this context? R' Yosei bar Ḥanina says: Mats and beams. And the Sage Setini says that R' Shimon ben Lakish says: Wide w