Related for Bava Batra 101:12
שלח רב הונא בר אבין המוכר שדה לאשתו קנתה
because [we presume that] a man would not readily place himself in the position of 'a borrower who is a servant to the lender.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. Prov. XXII, 7. Hence if we can find any other explanation of his action we adopt it. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> R. Huna b. Abin sent [the following message:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From Palestine to Babylonia. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> 'If a man sells a field to his wife, she becomes the legal owner,
Mishnah Peah
Rabbi Eliezer says: a piece of ground [large enough to plant] one fourth of a kav is liable for peah. Rabbi Joshua says: it must [be large enough] to grow two seahs. Rabbi Tarfon says: it must be six by six handbreadths. R. Judah ben Batera says: [it must be large enough] for a sickle to cut at least two handfuls and the halakhah is according to his words. Rabbi Akiva says: any size of land is liable for peah and for first-fruits, and [is sufficient] for the writing of the prozbul, and also to acquire through it movable property by money, by deed, or by a claim based on undisturbed possession.
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