JOINT LIABILITY FOR A PIT (Yerushalmi Perek 1 Halachah 2 Daf 4b)
çôø áå òùøä èôçéí åáà àçø åñééãå åëééøå ùðéäï çééáéï.
If one dug a pit 10 Tefachim, and another plastered it and decorated it, both of them are liable.
îôðé ùñééãå åëééøå éäà çééá.
Question: Because he plastered it and decorated it, he is liable?!
[ãó ã òîåã à (òåæ åäãø)] áùàîø ìå ñåã àú (äáéú) [ö''ì äáåø - äâäåú ø' éåñó ãéððòø] äæä å÷ðä àåúå.
Answer #1: The case is, [the owner] said "plaster this pit and acquire it'';
ãîø ø' àîé áùí øáé ìòæø (ùîéøú ðæ÷éï ëùîéøú) [ö''ì îùéëú ðæ÷éï ëîùéëú - äâäåú ø' éåñó ãéððòø] ÷ðééï
(R. Ami citing R. Lazar): Meshichah for damages is like Meshichah for Kinyan. (If one acquired something, he is obligated to guard it.)
à''ø ñéîåï úéôúø áçåôø áçåìåú.
Answer #2 (R. Simon): The case is, he dug in sand. (Had the latter not plastered it, the walls would have collapsed and it would not be deep. We explained the answers like HAGAHOS R. DINAR; also NESIVOS YERUSHALAYIM explains Answer #2 like this);
ãúðé çôø æä òùøä åæä òùøä æä òùøéí åæä òùøéí æä îàä åæä îàä ëåìäï çééáéï.
(Beraisa): If this one dug 10 Tefachim, and this one dug 10; this [one dug] 20, and this 20; this 100 and this 100, all of them are liable.