ומקבל כחוכר דמי מה חוכר בין עבד ובין לא עבד בעי עשורי ומיתן ליה דכי פורע חובתו דמי אף מקבל נמי כי פורע חובתו דמי מעשר ונותן לו
because it is as repaying a debt: so also, he who leases a field is as though he were settling a debt: and therefore must first tithe the crops and then pay him. R. Kahana said to R. Papi — others state, to R. Zebid: But what of [the Baraitha] that was taught: R. Judah said: If one leases a field of his fathers from a heathen oppressor,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [ [H], As a result of the Roman War Vespasian had declared fields in Judea his private property and distributed them among his soldiers from whom the original owners had finally to lease them. V. Buchler, Der gal. 'Amh. p. 35, and Klein, S. NB p. 12ff.]
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Tosefta Ketubot
One who takes possession of his fellow's ruin and builds it without permission, when he goes out and says, "Give me my wood and my stone!", they don't listen to him. (The following is defective in the printed edition, translating from the Ehrfurt manuscript:) Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: Beit Shammai say: He is allowed to do this; Beit Hillel say: They don't listen to him. One who takes possession of his fellow's ruin and builds it without permission, they evaluate for him and he has the lower hand. With permission, they evaluate for him and he has the upper hand. In what way does he have the lower hand? If the profit is more than the expenses, he pays him the expenses; but if the expenses are more than the profit, he pays him the profit.
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Tosefta Ketubot
One who takes possession of his fellow's ruin and builds it without permission, when he goes out and says, "Give me my wood and my stone!", they don't listen to him. (The following is defective in the printed edition, translating from the Ehrfurt manuscript:) Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: Beit Shammai say: He is allowed to do this; Beit Hillel say: They don't listen to him. One who takes possession of his fellow's ruin and builds it without permission, they evaluate for him and he has the lower hand. With permission, they evaluate for him and he has the upper hand. In what way does he have the lower hand? If the profit is more than the expenses, he pays him the expenses; but if the expenses are more than the profit, he pays him the profit.
