Commentary for Kiddushin 51:1
אי נמי בחבילי זמורות:
Alternatively, [this refers] to bundles of faggots.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not less than three handbreadths high. When he causes the elephant to step upon them, he is regarded as having lifted it.');"><sup>1</sup></span> <big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>PROPERTY WHICH OFFERS SECURITY<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Real estate which may be mortgaged for debts, and remain liable to seizure even if subsequently sold.');"><sup>2</sup></span> IS ACQUIRED BY MONEY, BY DEED OR BY HAZAKAH.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
R. Zera’s statement seems to take one side in a dispute from Bava Batra over whether a person’s vessels can acquire when they are on the seller’s property.
In order to avoid taking a stance on this dispute, the Talmud suggests that this transaction (of an elephant) takes place in an alley!
Alternatively, the elephant can be acquired by having it step on bundles of sticks hire than three handbreadths from the ground. This is considered “lifting.”
I might add that I don’t suggest buying an elephant. They eat 200-600 pounds of food a day.
In order to avoid taking a stance on this dispute, the Talmud suggests that this transaction (of an elephant) takes place in an alley!
Alternatively, the elephant can be acquired by having it step on bundles of sticks hire than three handbreadths from the ground. This is considered “lifting.”
I might add that I don’t suggest buying an elephant. They eat 200-600 pounds of food a day.
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