Commentary for Bava Metzia 145:11

אמרו ליה רבנן לרבא קא אכיל מר רבית דכולי עלמא שקלי ארבעה ומסלקי לאריסא בניסן מר נטר להו עד אייר ושקיל שיתא

in the field, that ye may have a title to the soil itself;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On which the grain grows; hence the grain, or, as Tosaf. interprets, the growing faggots are already yours. To do some work in a field was a method of obtaining a title thereto. ');">²⁰</span> for if not, it will be accounted as a loan to you, and forbidden.

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