Commentary for Bava Batra 168:9

קיבלה מיניה או לא קיבלה מיניה תא שמע דאמר ר' ינאי אמר רבי חצר השותפין קונין זה מזה מאי לאו על גבי קרקע לא לתוך קופתו

only in [the case where the buyer] has measured into his [own] basket?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that the basket, his property, acquired for him possession of the fruit; but if the fruit were put on the bare ground of the alley. no possession would have been acquired. ');">¹⁵</span> He replied unto him: This young Rabbi seems to think that people do not correctly memorise what they hear. [If the buyer had] measured it into his [own] basket, would there have been any need to tell [that ownership is acquired]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The basket would have acquired possession for the buyer even if it had been in the seller's territory, how much more when it is in an alley. ');">¹⁶</span>

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