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You have derived benefit from my property, as by living there you saved the money you otherwise would have had to pay in order to rent out a different courtyard, and therefore you must pay me for the benefit you derived.
Rami bar Ḥama said to him: This dilemma is not new; rather, it is discussed in the Mishnah, and the Mishnah already provided a solution. Rav Ḥisda asked him: To which Mishnah are you referring? Rami bar Ḥama said to him: After you serve me, I will tell you. Rav Ḥisda took hold of Rami bar Ḥama’s
Rava said: How little does a man who has the assistance of his Lord have to worry or be concerned about the possibility that his opinion may not be accepted, as even though the dilemma that was raised is in fact not similar to the case in the Mishnah quoted by Rami bar Ḥama, Rav Ḥisda nevertheless a
The Talmud asks: And what does Rami bar Ḥama think? Why does he equate the two cases? The Talmud explains: He holds that if produce is left in the public domain without specification with regard to its ownership, it is assumed that the owner has rendered it ownerless. The owner does not expect to d
The Talmud attempts to cite conclusive evidence from another case: We learned in a Mishnah (Bava Batra 4b): If one’s fields surround the fields of another on 3 sides, and he fenced in the first, the second, and the third field, thereby providing protection also to the other man’s field, the court do