Reference for Bava Batra 75:7
הא קא משמע לן
FOR ANOTHER TO OCCUPY HIS FIELD ONE YEAR, AND FOR INFORMATION TO BE BROUGHT TO HIM [WHICH WILL ALSO TAKE] A YEAR, AND FOR HIM TO RETURN HIMSELF, [WHICH WILL TAKE] A THIRD YEAR.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Judah therefore does not hold that the period of three years was fixed because after that a man is not careful of his title-deed (V. supra 29a), nor does he regard Judea, Transjordan and Galilee as self-contained units in the matter of hazakah. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. What is the reason of the first Tanna [on which he bases his ruling]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the three districts are independent. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> If he holds that a protest raised by the owner not in the presence of the occupier is a valid protest, then [it should be valid] even [if the owner is] in Judea and [the occupier in] Galilee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because someone is sure to convey information of it to the occupier, and he will be careful of his title-deed if he has one. ');"><sup>14</sup></span> If, however, he holds that a protest [raised by the owner] not in the presence of the occupier is not a valid protest, then [it should be equally] invalid even if both are in Judea?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But in different towns. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> — R. Abba b. Memel replied in the name of Rab: The first Tanna is indeed of the opinion that a protest raised [by the owner] not in the presence of the occupier is a valid protest, and our Mishnah was formulated at a time when there were hostilities between Judea and Galilee.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence caravans did not travel between them and it was difficult to know in one what was going on in the other. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> Why then are Judea and Galilee particularly specified?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' l.e., why should not the Tanna have formulated his ruling thus: 'All districts of Eretz Yisrael are independent units in regard to hazakah when they are not on peaceful terms.' ');"><sup>17</sup></span> — To show us