Commentary for Bava Metzia 236:1

ומה אתה אומר הכי קאמרי ליה מדבריך לדברינו אין באין משל צבור וכן כי אתא רבין אמר רבי יוחנן חוששין לבעלי זרועות איכא בינייהו:

And what is meant by 'You say'? They say thus to him: From your statement,[and] on the basis of our opinion, [it follows that] they are not provided by the public.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On this version this phrase has not the same meaning as above. The 'omer and the two loaves certainly come from the public, since it is now assumed that watching over hefker does not effect a title. But the Rabbis objected that since it was enacted that the watcher must receive four zuz, if he foregoes it and it goes into the public funds, these now include four zuz of private money, and when later on animals are bought therewith for communal sacrifices, such as the daily burnt offerings and the Sabbath and Festival Additional offerings, instead of being paid for by public funds, as they should be, they are partly paid for by private money (Rashi.) ');">¹</span> And when Rabin came,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Palestine to Babylon. ');">²</span>

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