Commentary for Bava Batra 152:8

אמר רב פפא האי מאן דמזבין ליה שטרא לחבריה צריך למיכתב ליה קני הוא וכל שעבודא דביה אמר רב אשי אמריתה לשמעתא קמיה דרב כהנא ואמרית ליה טעמא דכתב ליה הכי הא לא כתב ליה הכי לא קני

'Go, take possession and acquire', even [the Rabbis would say] so.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., even the Rabbis would agree that possession is acquired in reshuth harabbim by mesirah. ');">²¹</span> Here, however, we deal with a case when [the seller] said to him, 'Go, pull and acquire' — The Rabbis hold the opinion that [by this expression he] intimated his objection<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he indicated his desire to be able to withdraw from the sale so long as the buyer had not pulled and removed the object away from the reshuth harabbim into his own territory. Mesirah is, therefore, not effective. ');">²²</span> [to any other mode of taking possession] and the other<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rabbi. ');">²³</span>

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