Commentary for Nedarim 114:5

וא"ר שמואל בר רבי נחמני א"ר יונתן בצל שנטעו בכרם ונעקר הכרם אסור

or is it not so?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi, Tosaf. and Asheri regard the problem as referring only to annulment, but that it is certain that the increase itself is permitted. Ran, however, interprets the problem as relating to the increase: either it is permitted, in which case it also annuls the stock, or all is forbidden since it grew from prohibited stock. ');">⁸</span> He came before R. Ammi, and he could not solve it. He then went before R. Isaac the smith,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Rabbinate being unpaid (cf. infra 37a), many Rabbis were tradesmen or workers. E.g., Hillel was a woodcutter before he became nasi; R. Joshua was a charcoal maker, and there was a R. Johanan who was a sandal maker. ');">⁹</span>

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