Commentary for Bava Batra 94:4

לאפוקי מדרב דאמר רב לא שנו אלא דאמר ליה לך חזק וקני אבל בשטר קנה

we do not accept it and we do not confirm his title to the land. What has he [R. Huna] told us [in this latter clause]? We already know as much from the following Mishnah: 'If a man buys a field from the sicaricon<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Commonly taken to be a corruption of sicarii, non-Jewish brigands who infested Palestine after the war of Bar Cochba; more probably. however (v. Jast., s.v. [H]) a corruption of [G], the Imperial fiscus established in Palestine at that time. The Rabbis ordained that purchases of land from that source were null and void. V. Git. 55. ');">⁷</span> and then buys it again<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., obtains from him a deed of transfer, without, however, paying him money. Git. 55b. ');">⁸</span>

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