Commentary for Bava Batra 25:1

חד גיסא נגרא וחד גיסא נהרא פלגין לה בקרנא זול:

If there is a channel on one side and a river on the other, the field is to be divided diagonally.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to R. Han., we suppose the channel to be on two sides and the river on two sides, v. fig. 1. According to Rashi, however, we suppose the channel and the river to be only on each of two adjacent sides, and in order that each may have the same share both in the river and the channel, the field must be divided into eight strips, v. fig. 2. ');">¹</span>

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