Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Metzia 201:6

ולימא ליה אי את נטעת בתוך שלש לא הוה אכלת השתא קא אכלת פלגא בהדאי משום דאמר ליה אי אנא נטעי הוה קטיני וזרענא תחותייהו סילקא וירקא

But let him answer: 'Had you planted them, you could not have enjoyed anything at all within three years, whereas as it is, you share half with me!' — Because he can retort, 'Had I planted, they would have been small, and I could have sown beets and vegetables under them.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'But with your olive trees being large, with spreading roots, I lost the entire use of the soil.' ');">⁶</span>

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