Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Bava Metzia 218:3

סבר רב אשי למימר ריבעא דהוא דנקא דאמר רב מניומי בריה דרב נחומי באתרא דשקיל שתלא פלגא ואריסא תילתא האי שתלא דבעי לאסתלוקי יהבינן ליה שבחא ומסלקינן ליה כי היכי דלא נמטייה הפסד לבעל הבית

He replied, 'I meant half thereof.' 'But,' he protested, 'hitherto the owner took half and the gardener half; whereas now he must give a share to an <i>aris</i>!'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The gardener having left the work unfinished, an aris (v. Glos.) must be engaged, who will also demand his share, and so the owner loses thereby. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> He replied, 'I meant a quarter of the improvement.' Now R. Ashi thought this to mean a quarter [of the residue],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After allowing for the share of the aris, v. n. 9. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>

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