daf bit: Bava Batra 20
Sep. 10th, 2009 09:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioThe mishna and g'mara have been discussing limitations on what you can
and can't do to your neighbors, such as building a pit right next to the
property line or pouring liquid on his wall. In today's
daf the mishna teaches: if a man wants to open a shop in a shared
courtyard, his neighbor can prevent him by saying that the noise of
people coming and going will disturb his sleep. However, if the
man wishes to make articles in the courtyard to take out and sell in
the market, the neighbor has no valid complaint, even if his work makes
noise (e.g. hammer blows). (21b)
The rabbis here seem not to be concerned about the noise itself so much as they are over what causes the noise. (We don't get the functional equivalent of a noise ordinance.) A note in the Soncino edition notes a preference for industry over trade.
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Date: 2009-09-10 03:47 pm (UTC)