Bava Batra

THAT IS SWEET  I AM SELLING YOU, HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS PRESERVATION UNTIL PENTECOST.  AND [IF HE SAID, 'I SELL YOU] OLD [WINE.' HE MUST SUPPLY WINE] OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR; [IF] VERY OLD [WINE.' HE MUST SUPPLY WINE] OF THREE YEARS STANDING GEMARA. R. Jose, son of R. Hanina, said: [The law  in] our Mishnah is applicable only [to the case where the wine is] in the jugs of the buyer,  but [where it is] in the jugs of the seller [the former] can say to him, 'Take your wine and take your jug'.  But what matters it [even] if the jugs are the seller's? Let him say to [the buyer]. 'You should not have kept it so long'!  — The law [mentioned] is applicable [to the case] where [the buyer] said to him [that he required the wine] for [flavouring] dish[es].  But what compels R. Jose, son of R. Hanina, to explain our Mishnah as treating of the case where the jugs belong to the buyer and that he [specially] says [to the seller that he requires the wine] for [flavouring] dish[es]? Let him rather explain  that it treats [even] of [the case where the] jugs belong to the seller and where [the buyer] does not say to him [that he requires the wine] for [flavouring] dish[es]? — Raba replied: Our Mishnah presented to him a difficulty, for it teaches: IF HIS WINE IS KNOWN TO TURN SOUR, THE PURCHASE IS ONE BASED ON ERROR, why. [R. Jose asked,] should that be so? Let [the seller] tell him, 'You should not have kept it so long' — From this,  then, it must be inferred that [the buyer specifically] said to him [that he required the wine] for [flavouring] dish[es].  This view  is in disagreement with that of R. Hiyya b. Joseph, for R. Hiyya b. Joseph said: The condition of] wine depends on its owner's luck  for it is said. Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous  if the man is haughty,  etc. R. Mari said: One who is proud is not acceptable even to his own household, for it is said. A haughty man abideth not,  this means. he abideth not  in his own abode. Rab Judah said in the name of Rab: Any one who is not a scholar, and parades in the scholar's cloak, is not admitted within the circle of the Holy One, blessed be He; [for] here it is written. And he abideth not  and there it is written. To thy holy abode. Raba said: If a man sold a jug of wine to a shopkeeper with the intention to retail it  and when [there still remained] a half or a third, it turned sour, the law is that he  must take it back from him.  This,  however, applies only to the case where [the shopkeeper] has not changed the bung-hole, but not [to the case] where he has changed the bung-hole.  [Furthermore,] this  applies only to the case where the market day has not [yet] arrived,  but not [to the case where] the market day has [already] arrived. Raba further stated: If a man accepted wine  for the purpose of taking it to the markets of Wal-Shafat,  and, by the time he arrived there, the price fell, the law is that the owner must accept it. The question was raised, what is the law if it turned into vinegar?  — R. Hillel said to R. Ashi: When we were at R. Kahana's he said unto us: [In the case when it has turned into] vinegar, [the owner is] not [to bear all the loss], for [the law] is not in accordance with [the opinion of] R. Jose, son of R. Hanina.  Others Say: Even [when it has turned into] vinegar. [the seller] must also bear [all the loss] in accordance with [the opinion of] R. Jose, son of R. Hanina. OLD [WINE, HE MUST SUPPLY WINE] OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR, ETC.