Related%20passage for Bava Batra 165:1

בדורא דרעותא ואתו לקמיה דרב יהודה וא"ל זיל הב ליה כמלא בקר וכליו ולא הוה ידענא כמלא בקר וכליו כמה כיון דשמעת' להא דתנן לא יטע אדם אילן סמוך לשדה חבירו אא"כ הרחיק ממנה ד' אמות

in Dura di-ra'awatha<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 222, n. 8 ');">¹</span> [where three trees, planted at distances of less than eight cubits between them, were sold], and, when [the disputants] came before Rab Judah, he said unto [the buyer]: Go [and] give him [his share in the ground, even though the spaces between the trees are just] enough for a pair of oxen and their [ploughing] outfit. I did not know [at the time] how large was the 'space of a pair of oxen and their outfit'. When, however, I heard the following [Mishnah in] which we learnt: A man must not plant a tree near his neighbour's field<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In order that, when ploughing round the tree, he should not have to draw the plough through his neighbour's field. ');">²</span>

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