Commentary for Bava Batra 109:7

אמר רב אשי אמר לי הונא בר נתן שאילתינהו לספרי דרבא ואמרו לי הלכתא כרב הונא בריה דרב יהושע ולא היא התם לאוקומי מילתיה הוא דאמר

R. Ashi further said: I questioned the scribes of Raba [on this point], and they told me that the law is in accordance with the ruling of R. Huna the son of R. Joshua.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That fields transferred for non-payment of poll tax could be bought by Jews. ');">¹¹</span> This, however, is not correct, and they only said so to put themselves in the right.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because they had themselves made out deeds of such sales. ');">¹²</span>

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