Commentary for Bava Batra 71:2
אלא אמר רבא אי אמר ישראל קמי דידי זבנה עכו"ם מינך וזבנה ניהלי מהימן מיגו דאי בעי א"ל אנא זבינתה מינך
Rab Judah further said:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. supra 33b. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> If a man takes a knife and a rope and says, 'I am going to gather the fruit from so-and-so's date tree which I have bought from him, 'his statement is accepted, because a man would not ordinarily presume to gather the fruit from a tree which does not belong to him. Rab Judah further said: If a man occupies the strip of another man's field outside of the 'wild animals' fence,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In fields adjoining woods it was customary to make a fence a little within the border of the field and to throw seeds on the strip outside, so that the animals from the wood should eat what grew from these and not seek to penetrate within the fence. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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