Commentary for Bava Batra 168:14

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— No; [this refers] to reshuth harabbim.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">²⁵</span> If so, explain the first clause, [IF HE] HAS PULLED [THEM] THOUGH THEY HAVE NOT [YET] BEEN MEASURED, OWNERSHIP IS ACQUIRED. Does 'pulling' acquire possession in a reshuth harabbim? — Surely both Abaye and Raba have stated:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 76b. ');">²⁶</span> <i>Mesirah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">²⁷</span> confers legal ownership in reshuth harabbim<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 307, n. 8. ');">²⁸</span> or in a yard which belongs to neither of them;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 308, n. 1. ');">²⁹</span> <i>Meshikah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">³⁰</span> confers ownership in an alley<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 308, n. 3. ');">³¹</span> or in a yard owned by both of them; and 'lifting'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos. ');">³²</span> confers ownership everywhere.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Kid. 23b. How then, in view of the joint statement of Abaye and Raba, can it be said that by pulling in the reshuth harabbim one acquires ownership? ');">³³</span> 'Pulling' mentioned [in our Mishnah] also means from the reshuth harabbim to an alley. If so, explain the next clause of our Mishnah, IF [THE BUYER] IS PRUDENT, HE HIRES THE PLACE WHERE THEY ARE KEPT. [Now], if [the object is] in reshuth harabbim, from whom could he hire? — This is what [the Mishnah] means: And if [the object] is in the domain of the owner,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The seller. ');">³⁴</span> IF [THE BUYER] IS PRUDENT, HE HIRES THE PLACE WHERE THEY ARE KEPT. Both Rab and Samuel have stated:

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