Commentary for Bava Metzia 218:7

ההוא גברא דמשכין פרדיסא לחבריה לעשר שנין וקש לחמש שנין אביי אמר פירא הוי רבא אמר קרנא הוי וילקח בו קרקע והוא אוכל פירות

he receives a quarter.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As a gardener who wishes to quit in the middle. In the first instance, the ageing of a vine is natural, and therefore it is tacitly understood that when no longer fruit-bearing it shall be treated as the rest. But an inundation is unnatural; hence it is considered as though the gardener had suddenly quitted it, ');">¹²</span> A certain man pledged a vineyard with his fellow for ten years,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On a time mortgage. V. supra p. 394. ');">¹³</span>

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