Commentary for Bava Batra 157:9

וכי תימא לדבריו דרבי יהודה קאמר והתניא אמר רבי יוסי אין אני רואה דבריו של ר' יהודה בשדה ואילן מפני שהן גידולי הקדש בשדה ואילן הוא דאינו רואה הא בבור ושובך רואה

they and their contents are subject to the law of <i>Me'ilah</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] (from root [H] 'to trespass' or 'to defraud'). The trespass offering prescribed for the inappropriate use of objects consecrated to the altar or Temple; v. Lev. v. 15ff, ');">¹⁶</span> How so? [If] one dedicated a cistern full of water, dunghills full of manure, a dove-cote full of doves, a field full of herbs [or] a tree bearing fruit, the law of <i>Me'ilah</i> is applicable both to them and to their contents. [If,] however, one dedicated a cistern which was subsequently<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After the dedication. ');">¹⁷</span>

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