Related%20passage for Nedarim 85:7

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> אמר ר' יוחנן מ"ט דר' יוסי קסבר הפקר כמתנה מה מתנה עד דאתיא מרשות נותן לרשות מקבל אף הפקר עד דאתי לרשות זוכה

is like a gift: just as a gift [is not valid] until it passes from the possession of the giver into that of the receiver, so hefker too [is not valid] until it passes into the ownership of him who acquires it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when a person declares a thing to be hefker, it does not immediately cease to be his, but remains his property until taken. Thus the muddar takes the maddir's food. ');">⁶</span>

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