Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 127:5

אמרו לי הכי קאמר רב האי מאן דיהיב זוזי לגינאה אקרי וקא אזלי עשרה קרי בני זרתא וא"ל יהבינא לך בני גרמידא איתנהו שרי ליתנהו אסור

but did not know what he meant. After Rab arose [and departed], I asked them [sc. the students], To what did Rab refer in his repeated mention of gourds'? — They answered me, Thus did Rab say: If a man gives money to a gardener for gourds, ten gourds of a span's length being priced [at a <i>zuz</i>], and says to him, 'I will give you [gourds] a cubit in length [for the money];' if he actually has them, it is permitted; but if not,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His gourds being small, and the purchaser must wait until they grow. ');">⁴</span>

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