Commentary for Bava Metzia 22:3

אמר ליה דמי האי מרבנן כדלא גמרי אינשי שמעתא

Now, were R. Joshua and R. Akiba standing by the side of the field of Rabban Gamaliel [when the latter made that declaration]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is obvious that in this case the condition laid down by 'Ulla and the other Rabbis could not have been fulfilled. The conclusion must therefore be drawn that a person's premises may acquire for him the objects placed therein even if he is not standing by the side of the premises. ');">⁵</span> — He ['Ulla] then said to him [R. Abba]: This student seems to imagine that people do not study the law.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' B.B. 84b. ');">⁶</span>

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