Commentary for Menachot 169:1

אלא לרבי יוחנן קשיא

There is here, however, a difficulty for R'Johanan!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For according to both Baraithas the produce grown on a roof etc, may be brought as first-fruits, yet R. Johanan holds that what is grown in the hill-country or in the valleys is not consecrated as first-fruits!');">¹</span> - Tannaim [differ in this matter], for it was taught: A man may bring [as first-fruits] what [is grown] on a roof or among ruins<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., on the roof of a cave, which is soil in its natural state, and among ruins that have been broken up and tilled. This is a superior growth to that grown in the hill-country or in the valley.');">²</span>

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