Commentary for Shevuot 85:5

(אלא) א"ר יוסי ברבי חנינא הכא בענבים עומדות להבצר קמיפלגי דרבי מאיר סבר כבצורות דמיין ורבנן סברי לא כבצורות דמיין:

- Then why do they disagree about laden [vines], let them disagree about fruitless [trees]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why mention in the illustration that the trees are laden with grapes? That is surely immaterial!');">⁶</span> - R'Jose son of R'Hanina said: Here they disagree about grapes which are ready to be cut, R'Meir holding they are as if they are already cut; whereas the Rabbis hold they are not as if they are already cut.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Meir holds that which is joined to the land is counted like land, but here, in the case of vines, he holds that an oath is imposed, because the grapes were ready for cutting, and therefore he accounts them as equivalent to having been cut, and therefore imposes an oath.');">⁷</span>

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