Commentary for Bava Kamma 40:1

הא איתהנית

Or might the other party retort: 'Since you have derived a benefit [as otherwise you would have had to hire premises], you must pay rent accordingly'? Rami b. Hama thereupon said to R. Hisda: 'The solution to the problem is contained in a Mishnah.' — 'In what Mishnah?' He answered him: 'When you will first have performed for me some service.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Then will I let you know the source.' The service thus rendered would on the one hand prove the eagerness of the enquirer and on the other make him appreciate the answer. ');">¹</span>

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