Commentary for Bava Batra 163:3
הגדילו לא ישפה כו': היכי דמי מן הגזע והיכי דמי מן השרשין
to the sun is of the stem, and whatever is not exposed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the part covered by the soil. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> to the sun is of the roots. [How can it be said that all that grows from the stem belongs to the buyer?] Is there not cause to apprehend that the ground might produce alluvium [covering up the knots of the lowest shoots] and that [the buyer] would say [to the landowner]: 'You have sold me three [trees] and I have, [therefore, a share of the] ground'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The shoots, having been covered by the alluvium at their knots, would appear as separated trees, growing from the ground independently; and the possession of three trees entitles one to a share of the field. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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