Commentary for Bava Batra 152:1

עד שימשכנה או עד שישכור את מקומה

until [the buyer] has pulled it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' into his own grounds or domain. ');">¹</span> or until he has hired the place it occupies!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The place thus becomes his own territory and, thereby, acquires for him title to the ship. ');">²</span> — This is no difficulty. [Rabbi] here [where <i>mesirah</i> is sufficient] refers to the case of a ship in public territory;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] reshuth harabbim, where it is impossible to perform meshikah which is effective only when the object is drawn into the buyer's own domain. Possession, therefore, is acquired by mesirah. ');">³</span>

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