Reference for Bava Kamma 223:1

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applies prior to Renunciation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the mere transfer of possession, if the owner has not yet given up hope, is surely of no avail. ');">¹</span> R. Adda b. Ahabah read the statement of Rami b. Hama with reference to the following [teaching]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosef. B.M. V, 8; ibid. 62a and supra 94b. ');">²</span>

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