Commentary for Bava Batra 113:8

אלא אמר רב נחמן אמר רבה בר אבוה

and any act which does not confer legal ownership of the property of a deceased proselyte does not confer legal ownership of property of a fellow Jew.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to 'Ulla, therefore, the Mishnah is speaking of an outsider and defining the conditions under which he obtains hazakah in a courtyard. ');">⁷</span> R. Shesheth raised strong objections against this. Is this, [he asked] a general principle?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even though it is correct in respect of this Mishnah. ');">⁸</span> What of ploughed land which confers ownership of the property of a deceased proselyte but not of that of a fellow Jew?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By means of three years' occupation. V. supra 37b. ');">⁹</span> And what of the gathering of crops, which confers ownership of property of a fellow Jew but not of the property of a deceased proselyte?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For acquiring the property of a proselyte the essential thing is to perform some action which improves the property; for acquiring hazakah in property formerly belonging to a fellow Jew, the essential thing is to have the usufruct of the property. ');">¹⁰</span> No, said R. Nahman in the name of Rabbah b. Abbuha;

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