Commentary for Bava Metzia 213:9

מיתיבי אילן העומד על המיצר יחלוקו תיובתא דרב תרגמא שמואל אליבא דרב בממלא כל המיצר כולו

Rab Judah said to Rabin son of R. Nahman: [Some of] these [fruits] of mine are really yours; and some of yours are really mine.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Their fields were contiguous, and each had trees planted near the intervening border. Rab Judah observed that some of his trees, though planted in his own soil, extended their roots into that of his neighbour and drew nourishment thence. Therefore those fruits really belonged to Rabin, and vice versa. ');">⁸</span>

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