Commentary for Avodah Zarah 41:9
רבי יוסי אומר בארץ ישראל משכירין להם בתים וכו': מ"ט שדות דאית בהו תרתי גזרו בהו רבנן בתים דלית בהו תרתי לא גזרו בהו רבנן:
R. Yose says: In the land of Israel, we may let them houses but not fields. What is the reason? 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 is more lenient. In Israel they can rent houses to non-Jews because there is only one problem (foothold). But they cannot lend them fields because there are two problems (foothold and tithes).
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