Commentary for Bava Metzia 131:2
אלא מתניתא דקתני לכשיהיו לך מעות אחזיר לך מותר דמוכר הוא דבעי לאתנויי מוכר לא אתני ולוקח קא מתני
R. Ashi said to him: Why so? [Is it] because the <i>buyer</i> should have stipulated, whilst here the vendor did so, and therefore you maintain that they were merely words of good cheer? But [what of] the Baraitha wherein it is taught: [If the purchaser says,] 'When you have money, I will resell it to you,' that is permitted? Now, surely [there too] though the vendor should have made this stipulation,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The attachment to one's soil is very strong, and when a man sells his estate through financial exigencies, it may be assumed that he would like the option of repurchasing. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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