Related%20passage for Bava Batra 162:1

מאי טעמא דר"מ באילן אחד ומ"ט דרבנן בשני אילנות אמר לו דבר שהראשונים לא אמרו בו טעם תשאלני בבית המדרש כדי לביישני

What reason is there for R. Meir's opinion in [the case of] one tree, and for that of the Rabbis in [the case of] two trees?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If on account of the Biblical expression, which thou shalt bring in from thy land, a person possessing no land cannot make the declaration, he should also be exempt from bringing at all. ');">¹</span> He replied: Do you interrogate me in the house of study on a matter about which the ancients gave no reason, in order to shame me? Rabbah said: What is the difficulty? It is possible that R. Meir was doubtful<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whether the ground also is acquired in the case of the purchase of one tree (A. Meir) or two trees (the Rabbis). ');">²</span> about one tree, and the Rabbis about two trees!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence, in the case of a sale, the seller, who is the legal possessor of the land, is given the benefit of the doubt, while in the case of the first fruit, the buyer of the tree must give the benefit of the doubt to the Temple, though he cannot recite. ');">³</span>

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