Commentary for Bava Batra 160:16

ואם נאמר תמר ולא נאמר ארז הייתי אומר מה תמר אין גזעו מחליף אף צדיק אין גזעו מחליף לכך נאמר ארז

in the case of commercial transactions [the cut made] must be one that is unquestionably beneficial.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The seller must have the benefit of the doubt so that the life of his tree may not in any way be endangered. ');">²⁹</span> [It has been said that] 'in the case of] palm trees and cedars he may dig and take them out with the roots, because their stumps do not grow afresh again.' Does not the stump of a cedar grow afresh? Surely R. Hiyya b. Lulyani gave the following exposition: It is written: The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. XCII, 13. ');">³⁰</span>

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