Commentary for Bava Kamma 226:16

שלוחא דמלכא כמלכא ולא טרח ואינהו אפסיד אנפשייהו דאיבעי להו דאינקוט מכוליה באגי ומשקל דמי

but if to an Israelite do not bring them to me</font>.' The heathen happened to be then sitting in the vineyard and thus overheard this conversation, so he said to him: <font>'If of a heathen would they be permitted</font>?' — He replied: 'A heathen is usually prepared to [dispose of his grapes and] accept payment, whereas an Israelite is generally not prepared to [do so and] accept payment. The above text [stated], 'Samuel said: The law of the State is law.' Said Raba: You can prove this from the fact that the authorities fell palm-trees [<font>without the consent of the owners</font>] and construct bridges [with them] and we nevertheless make use of them by passing over them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For if the rulings of the State were not binding by religious law, it would have been a sin to make use of the bridges constructed in such a way. ');">²⁸</span>

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