Talmud Yerushalmi
Yerushalmi Bava Batra 10:3 ירושלמי בבא בתרא י׳:ג׳
Part of: Chapter 10
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משנה: כָּתוּב בּוֹ מִלְּמַעֲלָה מְנָה וּמִלְּמַטָּה מָאתַיִם מִלְּמַעֲלָה מָאתַיִם וּמִלְּמַטָּה מְנָה הַכֹּל הוֹלֵךְ אַחַר הַתַּחְתּוֹן. אִם כֵּן לָמָּה כוֹתְבִין הָעֶלְיוֹן. שֶׁאִם תִּימָּחֵק אוֹת אַחַת מִן הַתַּחְתּוֹן יִלְמַד מִן הָעֶלְיוֹן.
MISHNAH: If at the start54The text of the document which states that it is an IOU for the amount of x. there was written a mina but at the end55The debtor’s declaration that he owes x to the creditor, cf. Halakhah 1, after Note 11. 200, or at the start 200 and at the end a mina, everything goes according to the end. If this is so, why does one write at the start? That if at the end a letter should become illegible, one may recoup it from the start.
MISHNAH: If at the start54The text of the document which states that it is an IOU for the amount of x. there was written a mina but at the end55The debtor’s declaration that he owes x to the creditor, cf. Halakhah 1, after Note 11. 200, or at the start 200 and at the end a mina, everything goes according to the end. If this is so, why does one write at the start? That if at the end a letter should become illegible, one may recoup it from the start.
הלכה: כָּתוּב בּוֹ מִלְּמַעֲלָה מְנָה כול׳. תַּנֵּי. לְעוֹלָם הַתַּחְתּוֹן יִלְמַד מִן הָעֶלְיוֹן בִּמְקוּשָּׁר בְּאוֹת אַחַת אוֹ בִשְׁתֵּי אוֹתוֹת. בֵּין חָנָן לַחֲנָנִי בֵּין עָנָן לַעֲנָנִי בְּאוֹת אַחַת מְקַיְימִין אוֹתוֹ. בִּשְׁתֵּי אוֹתוֹת אֵין מְקַיְימִין אוֹתוֹ. רִבִּי יִצְחָק שָׁאַל. מִמַּעַל כָּתוּב חָנָן וּמִלְּמַטָּן נָנִי. מָהוּ לְלַמֵּד הַתַּחְתּוֹן מֵעֶלְיוֹן חָנָן וְעֶלְיוֹן מִתַּחְתּוֹן נָנִי.
HALAKHAH: “If at the start there was written a mina,” etc. It was stated57A similar baraita is in the Babli, 166b; that baraita, however, is formulated for all documents.: Always in a knotted document the bottom58For a knotted document, the bottom would be the outer text, the top referring to the inner text. should be instructed by the top for one letter (or) [but not]56The following text shows that one has to read אבל לא “but not” instead of או “or”. for two letters. One confirms between Ḥanan and Ḥanani, or Anan and Anani, a difference of one letter; of two letters one does not confirm59For the Yerushalmi, there remains the possibility that for a simple document even a greater discrepancy could be acceptable.. Rebbi Isaac asked: At the top it was written Ḥanan, at the bottom Nani. May the top learn from the bottom for Ḥanan and the bottom from the top for Nani60The full name was Ḥanani, which was shortened in two ways to current forms of endearment.?
HALAKHAH: “If at the start there was written a mina,” etc. It was stated57A similar baraita is in the Babli, 166b; that baraita, however, is formulated for all documents.: Always in a knotted document the bottom58For a knotted document, the bottom would be the outer text, the top referring to the inner text. should be instructed by the top for one letter (or) [but not]56The following text shows that one has to read אבל לא “but not” instead of או “or”. for two letters. One confirms between Ḥanan and Ḥanani, or Anan and Anani, a difference of one letter; of two letters one does not confirm59For the Yerushalmi, there remains the possibility that for a simple document even a greater discrepancy could be acceptable.. Rebbi Isaac asked: At the top it was written Ḥanan, at the bottom Nani. May the top learn from the bottom for Ḥanan and the bottom from the top for Nani60The full name was Ḥanani, which was shortened in two ways to current forms of endearment.?