Commentary for Bava Batra 154:4

אבל לא מכר לא את העבדים ולא את המרצופין ולא את האנתיקי וכו': מאי אנתיקי אמר רב פפא עיסקא דבגווה:

may [yet] be acquired by virtue of land [bought jointly with it]. As in the case of R. Papa.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [His home was at Naresh, S. of Sura.] ');">¹⁰</span> He had a money claim of twelve thousand <i>zuz</i> at Be-Huzae.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Modern Khuzistan, S. W. Persia, Obermeyer, p. 204 ff.] ');">¹¹</span> He passed them over into the possession of R. Samuel b. Aha by virtue of his threshold.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus the threshold and the debt were acquired by R. Samuel at the same time, empowering him (R. Samuel) to collect the debt as its legal owner, and freed the debtors of all responsibility from the moment they paid him over the money. ');">¹²</span>

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