Responsa for Bava Metzia 31:18
שלחוה לקמיה דרבי אבא בר זבדא אמר להו זו אינה צריכה לפנים אמר רבא זו צריכה לפנים ולפני לפנים הכא סמכא דעתיה והכא לא סמכא דעתיה
R. papa says: Until the days of the announcement [of the public sale of the robber's property] begin.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when property belonging to the robber has been discovered and the Court has begun to advertise its public sale for the purpose of compensating the person to whom the robber sold the field unlawfully. The period of such advertising usually extended over thirty days. Cf. 'Ar. 21b. ');"><sup>17</sup></span>
Shut min haShamayim
They responded: 'Such an argument need not enter here' (Bava Metzia 16a:18), since the Torah says "In order that you shall remember" (Numbers 15:40).3Therefore there is a positive commandment to perform an action of remembering, namely, to wear tzitzit. "Nonetheless, leave the Jews alone, it is better than they sin unintentionally than intentionally." (Bava Batra 60b:21)
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