Bava Batra 72B

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The Talmud concludes stating the difficulty: But this is difficult, as R' Shimon himself said that the grafted carob tree and the sycamore trunk are consecrated along with the field since they draw their nutrients from a consecrated field, indicating that one who consecrates acts generously and do

The Talmud explains: Rather, it must be understood that when R' Shimon stated his ruling in the Mishnah, he was not expressing his own opinion. Rather, he was speaking to the Rabbis in accordance with their statement, and he meant to say: According to my opinion, just as one who sells, sells spari

The Talmud returns to the baraita that it had concluded was taught according to the opinion of R' Shimon, and asks: In accordance with which opinion did you interpret the baraita discussing consecrated property? It was interpreted in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon. But say the last clause

And if the baraita is in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon, let him follow the character of the field at the time of its redemption, and so the trees should be redeemed along with their land, as at the time of the redemption both the trees and the land are consecrated. As we have already hea

As it is taught in a baraita: From where is it derived that with regard to one who purchases a field from his father and consecrates it, and afterward his father dies, so the field would now be considered his as an inheritance, from where is it derived that with regard to its redemption it should b