Commentary for Bava Batra 198:4
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> א"ר יהודה אמר שמואל אמה בית השלחין אני מוכר לך נותן לו ב' אמות לתוכה ואמה מכאן ואמה מכאן לאגפיה אמה בית הקילון אני מוכר לך נותן לו אמה אחת לתוכה וחצי אמה מכאן וחצי אמה מכאן לאגפיה
HE MUST NOT, [HOWEVER,] ENTER [IT FOR THE MERE PURPOSE OF PASSING] FROM IT INTO ANOTHER FIELD. NEITHER THE ONE NOR THE OTHER MAY SOW IT<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. last clause of preceding note. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Rab Judah said in the name of Samuel: [If one says to another]. 'I sell you [land for] an irrigation [canal of the width of one] cubit', he must, [in addition to the width of the canal]. allow him two cubits [of land] in [the field] itself,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to another reading, two cubits width of land must also be allowed for the canal itself, though its nominal capacity is one cubit. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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