Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 62:11

ותניא כרם רבעי היה לו לרבי אליעזר במזרח לוד בצד כפר טבי וביקש ר' אליעזר להפקירו לעניים

Lydda on the west, and Jordan on the east'. [In reference to this] 'Ulla (or as some say, Rabbah B''Ulla) said in the name of R'Johanan: What was the reason? To decorate the streets of Jerusalem with fruit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence all this area was put by the Rabbis under the same rule as Jerusalem itself.');">²⁴</span>

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