Commentary for Avodah Zarah 41:10
ובסוריא מוכרין וכו': מ"ט קסבר כיבוש יחיד לא שמיה כיבוש ושדה דאית בה תרתי גזרו בה רבנן בתים דלית בהו תרתי לא גזרו בהו רבנן:
In Syria, we may sell them houses and let them fields, What is the reason? [R. Yose] holds that the conquering made by an individual is not regarded as a proper conquering; hence in the case of fields, for which there are two problems, the rabbis made a decree, but in the case of houses, for which there are not two problems, the rabbis did not make a decree.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
R. Yose does not consider Syria to be part of the land of Israel. Therefore, one may sell them houses there. But it is prohibited to sell them a field because in the land of Israel there are two problems with the field.
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