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of those who pour wine from jugs into jugs are Jews, and therefore it is reasonable that the wine belongs to a Jew. The Talmud comments: And this matter applies only to large jugs. But if they were small jugs, one can say that they were dropped by travelers, most of whom are non-Jews, and therefor
Mishnah: One must distance a tree 25 cubits from the city, and in the cases of a carob tree and of a sycamore tree, which have a great many branches, they must be distanced 50 cubits. Abba Shaul says: Every barren tree must be distanced 50 cubits. And if the city preceded the tree, as one later pl
Talmud: The Talmud asks: What is the reason that one must distance a tree from a city? Ulla says: It is due to the beauty of the city, as it is unattractive for a city’s walls to be obscured by tree branches. The Talmud suggests: And let him derive this halakha from the statement in tractate Arak
The Talmud answers: No, it is necessary to supply the reason given by Ulla according to the opinion of R' Elazar, who says: One may convert a field into an open area, and an open area into a field. Here, we do not plant trees, due to the beauty of the city.
And according to the opinion of the Rabbis as well, who say that one may not convert a field into an open area, nor convert an open area into a field, one can say that this matter applies only to seeds, i.e., one may not plant seeds in a city’s open area and thereby turn it into a field. But with