Commentary for Bava Batra 180:10

ת"ר אין מוציאין פירות מא"י דברים שיש בהן חיי נפש כגון יינות שמנים וסלתות ר' יהודה בן בתירא מתיר ביין מפני שממעט את התיפלה וכשם שאין מוציאין מארץ לחו"ל כך אין מוציאין מארץ ישראל לסוריא ורבי מתיר

because thereby one brings a curse on the market prices. R. Jose b. Hanina said to his attendant Puga: Go, store away for me fruit for [the following] three years: The eve of the Sabbatical year,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 373, n. 13. ');">²⁸</span> and the Sabbatical year, and the conclusion of the Sabbatical year.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. loc. cit., n. 14. ');">²⁹</span> Our Rabbis taught:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosef. A.Z. ibid. ');">³⁰</span> One must not carry out of Palestine<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 373. n. 12. ');">³¹</span> fruit [and] things which are life's necessities such as, for instance, wines, oils and the various kinds of flour. R. Judah b. Bathyra permits [it] in [the case of] wine, because [thereby] one diminishes levity. And as it is not permitted to carry away out of the land [of Palestine] into a foreign country, so it is not permitted to carry away out of Palestine<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. loc. cit., n. 14. ');">²⁹</span> to Syria.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though it had been included in the land of Israel in the time of David. ');">³²</span> And Rabbi permits this

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