Hirer ("Sokher", Chap. Viii.6)
The laws of sokher having been given in chap. vi., as far as movable property is concerned, sections 6-9 of chap. viii. and 1-10 of chap. ix. treatment of the soker regarding immovable property; of the relations between the tenant of a house and his landlord, between the farmer of a field and its owner. Among the laws that regulate these relations are the following: If the tenant takes a house for a year, and the year happens to be a leap year, the tenant occupies the house thirteen months for the same price. The tenant can not be turned out in the winter between the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot) and Passover, unless notice be given one month before the beginning of the winter. In large towns and for shops, one year's notice is required.
Sections 11 and 12 of chap. ix, taking up again the subject of hiring, regulate the various terms for paying the due wages (based on Lev 19:13, and Deut 24:14-15). The last section of chap. ix. defines the rights of the creditor in accordance with Deut 24:6,10-13.
The concluding chapter (x) regulates the relations between joint owners and neighbors, in dwellings and in fields. The last case mentioned is especially interesting as showing a highly developed state of agricultural jurisdiction in the Mishnaic days.
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