Commentary for Bava Batra 199:8

א"ר יוסי בר' חנינא מודים חכמים לר"א בשביל של כרמים הואיל ונעשה להילוך נקנה בהילוך

By walking; for it has been taught: If he walked in it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the field which he bought.' ');">¹⁵</span> through the length of it and through the breadth of it, he has acquired the place where he walked — these are the words of R. Eliezer. And the Sages say: Walking is of no avail unless he has taken possession.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the land, by performing some act such as levelling, breaking. etc, cf. supra 52b ff. ');">¹⁶</span>

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