Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Kamma 140:2
הרי שאכלה שנה ראשונה בפני שנים שניה בפני שנים שלישית בפני שנים מהו
Whereupon the other rejoined: 'I also say the same, but R. Akiba joins issue on the matter for R. Akiba used to say: [Scripture states] A matter [implying] "but not half a matter"'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [And here no two witnesses testify to more than one year of occupation, which is only a third of the matter in hand. And in our Mishnah the second set of witnesses testify to no more than half a matter, i.e. the slaughter, and according to R. Akiba, should not be able to convict the thief.] ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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