Commentary for Arakhin 27:12
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> בשדה אחוזה להקל ולהחמיר כיצד
IT IS ALL ONE WHETHER A MAN DEDICATES A FIELD IN THE SANDY PLAIN OF MAHUZ<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mahuz may be the term tech. for 'place', 'circle', or the name of an unidentified locality. 'The desert, sandy wilderness of Mahuz' would be a good contrast to the rich, developed gardens of Sebaste, the city built by Herod on the ruins of Samaria. According to Rashi the reference in Mahuz is to a field in the environs of a town the ground of which is continually trodden on and thus has become sterile.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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