Commentary for Bava Batra 158:5

ובמלאים במאי פליגי אמר רבא כגון שהקדיש בור סתם ור' אלעזר ברבי שמעון סבר לה כאבוה דאמר דנין דין גבוה מדין הדיוט

[But] say! where has R. Meir been heard [to express his view? Only in the case], for example, as that of fruits of a palm-tree, because they generally come up, but [as to] these,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Water and doves. ');">⁹</span> who can assert that they will come?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Unless he is himself to bring water to the cistern and doves to the cote. In such a case R. Meir will agree that one cannot hand over possession of a thing that does not exist and affords thus no support to R. Eleazar. ');">¹⁰</span>

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