Midrash for Bava Batra 160:13
אמר אביי ג' טפחים מעלי לה מעם הארץ ודאי קשי לה מכאן ואילך לא מקשי קשי לה ולאו עלויי מעלי לה גבי שביעית עבדינן מידי דודאי קשי לה גבי מקח וממכר עבדינן מידי דודאי מעלי לה
R. Judah says: [To cut] in the usual manner is prohibited, but one may [either] leave a height of ten handbreadths and cut<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Above a height of ten handbreadths the cut is injurious. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> or raze [the tree] at ground level.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sheb. IV, 5. ');"><sup>24</sup></span>
Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition)
The disciples of R. Nechunia b. Hakkana asked him: "Whereby have you merited to live so long?" He answered: "I never tried to elevate myself at the expense of my neighbors; I never went to bed with the curse of my neighbor, and I was liberal with money." "I never tried to elevate myself at my neighbor's expense," etc. As it happened with R. Huna, who carried a pickaxe. R. Ghana b. Hanailai took it away from him with the intention of carrying it. R. Huna said to him: 'If it is your custom to carry such a thing in your town, do so; but otherwise, if I will be honored by your disgrace, I do not want it.' " "I never went to bed," etc., as Mar Zutra, when going to bed used to say: "O Lord forgive every one that may have insulted me." "I was liberal with my money," as the master said that Job was liberal with his money; that is, he allowed the storekeepers larger profits than were necessary.
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