Commentary for Arakhin 64:11

רב אשי אמר לאו אמר רב יוסף

Thus also were there two [cities called] Jerusalem.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Perhaps the distinction is made between the Greater Jerusalem and Jerusalem proper, as between New York City and Greater New York, the latter including very many and widely scattered communities. In Jerusalem proper no house could fall to the purchaser in perpetuity because of the seller's failure to redeem it within the year. But this restriction would have no validity in the expanded Greater Jerusalem, evidence as to which has of late been presented.');">⁴</span>

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