Bava Metzia
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Bava Metzia is a tractate of the Talmud that primarily deals with civil law, especially matters of property, ownership, and financial disputes.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bava Metzia canonical | 3 |
| Babylonian Talmud, tractate Bava Metzia | 2 |
| Babylonian Talmud, Bava Metzia 30a | 1 |
| Mishnah tractate Bava Metzia | 1 |
| Talmudic tractates Bava Metzia | 1 |
| tractate Bava Metzia | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10736485 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bava Metzia Context triple: [Seder Nezikin, includesTractate, Bava Metzia]
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A.
Bava Kamma
Bava Kamma is a Talmudic tractate that systematically discusses civil law, particularly damages, property rights, and liability.
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B.
Nedarim
Nedarim is a tractate of the Mishnah and Talmud that deals with the laws and implications of vows in Jewish law.
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C.
Tractate Beitzah
Tractate Beitzah is a section of the Mishnah and Talmud that focuses on the laws and regulations of Yom Tov (Jewish festivals), particularly concerning permitted and prohibited forms of labor.
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D.
Sefer Gerushin
Sefer Gerushin is a mystical Kabbalistic work by Moshe Cordovero that records his spiritual practices and meditative experiences during a self-imposed exile.
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E.
Tractate Eruvin
Tractate Eruvin is a section of the Talmud that elaborates the complex rabbinic laws governing Sabbath boundaries and shared domains, particularly through the institution of the eruv.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bava Metzia Target entity description: Bava Metzia is a tractate of the Talmud that primarily deals with civil law, especially matters of property, ownership, and financial disputes.
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A.
Bava Kamma
Bava Kamma is a Talmudic tractate that systematically discusses civil law, particularly damages, property rights, and liability.
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B.
Nedarim
Nedarim is a tractate of the Mishnah and Talmud that deals with the laws and implications of vows in Jewish law.
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C.
Tractate Beitzah
Tractate Beitzah is a section of the Mishnah and Talmud that focuses on the laws and regulations of Yom Tov (Jewish festivals), particularly concerning permitted and prohibited forms of labor.
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D.
Sefer Gerushin
Sefer Gerushin is a mystical Kabbalistic work by Moshe Cordovero that records his spiritual practices and meditative experiences during a self-imposed exile.
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E.
Tractate Eruvin
Tractate Eruvin is a section of the Talmud that elaborates the complex rabbinic laws governing Sabbath boundaries and shared domains, particularly through the institution of the eruv.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Talmud tractate ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | part of the standard Talmudic corpus ⓘ |
| discussesConcept |
chazakah
ⓘ
employer–employee relations ⓘ hashavat aveidah ⓘ ona’ah ⓘ partnerships ⓘ rental agreements ⓘ ribbit ⓘ sales law ⓘ shomrim ⓘ tenai b’kiddushin ⓘ unjust enrichment ⓘ |
| followedBy | Bava Batra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Bava Kamma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | halakhic literature ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Gemara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mishnah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHalakhicAuthority |
Rashi commentary
NERFINISHED
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Tosafot commentary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Amoraic era (Gemara)
NERFINISHED
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Tannaitic era (Mishnah) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Mishneh Torah civil law sections
NERFINISHED
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Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Mishnaic Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalDomain | Jewish civil law ⓘ |
| legalFunction | basis for later halakhic codification ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | Middle Gate ⓘ |
| partOf |
Babylonian Talmud
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jerusalem Talmud NERFINISHED ⓘ Order Nezikin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInOrder | second tractate of Nezikin ⓘ |
| primarySubject |
agency
ⓘ
business ethics ⓘ civil law ⓘ contracts ⓘ financial disputes ⓘ guardianship ⓘ labor law ⓘ lost property ⓘ ownership ⓘ property law ⓘ usury ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| studiedIn | yeshivot ⓘ |
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Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Babylonian Talmud, tractate Bava Metzia
this entity surface form:
Talmudic tractates Bava Metzia
this entity surface form:
Babylonian Talmud, tractate Bava Metzia
this entity surface form:
Babylonian Talmud, Bava Metzia 30a
this entity surface form:
tractate Bava Metzia
this entity surface form:
Mishnah tractate Bava Metzia