Study Gittin folio 47B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
the produce grown in that field is considered to be untithed produce and non-sacred produce mixed together; this is the statement of R' Yehuda HaNasi. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: The portion of the non-Jew is exempt from terumot and tithes, and the portion of the Jew is obligated.
The Talmud explains the inference: They disagree only with regard to the following issue: That one Sage, Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, holds that there is retroactive clarification, i.e., when they divide the produce, it will be clarified who owned what produce from the outset. And one Sage, R' Yehu
The Talmud answers: Here, also, it is referring to a case in Syria, and he holds that the conquest of an individual is not called a conquest, and a non-Jew has the capability of acquisition of land in Syria to cause the abrogation of the sanctity of the land.
Rav Ḥiyya bar Avin said: Come and hear a proof from the Mishnah: One who sells his field to a non-Jew must purchase and bring the first fruits from the field that he sold, for the betterment of the world. Rav Ḥiyya bar Avin infers: For the betterment of the world, yes, he must bring the first frui
Rav Ashi said: There were two ordinances concerning this issue. Initially, those who sold their fields to non-Jews would bring first fruits by Torah law, as they held that the acquisition of a non-Jew does not abrogate the sanctity of the land. Once the rabbis saw that the Jews would sell their la