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16 se’a of barley, he is liable. This indicates that if he added only 3 kav, i.e., half a se’a, he is exempt. Abaye interpreted the baraita as referring to smoothed-over barley, a precisely measured load, where the volume of the barley was not measured with heaped measuring utensils, but leveled
§ A baraita states: A kav is too large an addition for a porter, and therefore if the porter is injured by the additional weight, the owner must pay him. An adriv, half a kor, is too large an addition for a small boat [areiva]; a kor is too large an addition for a regular boat; 3 kor is too large
The Master said: A kav is too large an addition for a porter. The Talmud asks: If it is so, that he cannot withstand this load, the porter is a sensible person; let him throw it off and avoid injury. Abaye said: This is referring to a case where the load knocked him down immediately, before he co
§ The baraita teaches: A kor is too large an addition for a regular boat; 3 kor is too large an addition for a large ship. Rav Pappa said: Learn from here that unspecified boats can bear 30 kor, i.e., this is the volume of a ship’s cargo. The reason for this claim is that in all these cases the add
Mishnah: All artisans and laborers who take raw materials to their homes are considered paid bailees for those items until they return them to the owner. And with regard to all those who said to the owner: I finished the work, and therefore take what is yours, i.e., this item, and bring money in i