Commentary for Bava Metzia 22:8

ומנא תימרא דתנן ראה אותן רצין אחר המציאה כו' ואמר רבי ירמיה אמר רבי יוחנן והוא שרץ אחריהן ומגיען ובעי רבי ירמיה במתנה היאך קבלה מיניה רבי אבא בר כהנא אע"פ שרץ אחריהן ואין מגיען מאי טעמא לאו משום דדעת אחרת מקנה אותן שאני

R. Papa says:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Papa upholds the original version regarding R. Gamaliel's method of distributing the tithes by means of his 'ground'. ');">¹⁵</span> [In a case where there is] a person bestowing [upon the recipient] the right [to the property] it is different.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Literally: 'Where another mind causes one to acquire them,' i.e., where the recipient does not acquire (ownerless) goods by his own action, but has them conferred upon him by the owner, as in the case of R. Gamaliel. In such a case there is no need for the recipient to 'be standing by the side of the field,' as laid down by 'Ulla and others in regard to the case in our Mishnah. ');">¹⁶</span>

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