Study Bava Metzia folio 20B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
We are concerned for the possibility that there are two cities named Sheviri, and that this bill of divorce may belong to someone else who lives in the other Sheviri, and therefore it should not be returned. Rav Ḥisda said to Rabba: Go out and examine this halakha, as in the evening Rav Huna will a
Rav Amram said to Rabba: How can the Master resolve the halakha in the case of a bill of divorce, which is a ritual matter, from the Mishnah, which discusses monetary matters? Rabba said to him: Fool, we learned in the Mishnah that this halakha applies in the case of documents of ḥalitza and docume
At that point, the supporting cedar beam of the study hall dislodged. One Sage said: It was due to my fortune that it dislodged, as you spoke to me offensively, and the other Sage said: It was due to my fortune that it dislodged, as it was you who spoke to me offensively.
§ The Mishnah teaches: If one found documents in a ḥafisa or in a deluskema, he must return them. The Talmud asks: What is a ḥafisa? Rabba bar bar Ḥana says: It is a small flask. What is a deluskema? Rabba bar Shmuel says: It is a container [telika] used by the elderly.
The Mishnah teaches: If one found a roll of documents or a bundle of documents, he must return them. A baraita states: How many documents constitute a roll of documents? A roll is 3 documents rolled together. And how many constitute a bundle of documents? A bundle is 3 documents tied together.