Commentary for Bava Batra 152:2

לא קשיא כאן ברשות הרבים כאן בסימטא

[the Tanna] there [where <i>meshikah</i> is required] deals with the case of a ship in an alley [adjoining a public place].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the alley is not a reshuth harabbim, in the full sense, the public using it only occasionally. It may be regarded as the private domain of anyone who happens to be there, and, therefore, meshikah only can there be effected (v. p. 3. n. 3). ');">⁴</span> How have you explained the last [mentioned Baraitha? That it speaks of a ship] in <i>reshuth harabbim</i>! Read [then] the last clause: 'And the sages say: It<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ship. ');">⁵</span> is not acquired until [the buyer] has pulled it or until he has hired the place it occupies'. Now, if [the ship is] in <i>reshuth harabbim</i>, from whom could he hire [the place]? Furthermore, can legal ownership be acquired in <i>reshuth harabbim</i> by <i>meshikah</i>? Surely both Abaye and Raba stated:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 84b. ');">⁶</span>

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