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And this unattributed opinion in the Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir. As, if you say that this ruling is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei, that cannot be, since he holds that in every place one may rent a house to a non-Jew, including Eretz Yisrael.
§ The Mishnah teaches: And in every place, one may not rent a bathhouse to a non-Jew, as it is called by the name of the owner. The Talmud notes that it is taught in a baraita that Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: A person may not rent his bathhouse to a non-Jew, because it is called by the name of t
The Talmud asks: It is prohibited to rent one’s bathhouse to a non-Jew, but with regard to a Samaritan, what is the halakha? It can be inferred from the lack of mention of a Samaritan that it is permitted. The Talmud asks: Why not say that a Samaritan will perform work in the bathhouse during the i
The Talmud further infers: It is prohibited to rent one’s bathhouse to a non-Jew; but with regard to renting one’s field to a non-Jew, what is the halakha? Evidently, it is permitted. What is the reason for this? People know that a non-Jew sharecropper works for his tenancy, not for the Jewish owne
The Talmud cites a similar discussion. It is taught in a baraita that R' Shimon ben Elazar says: A person may not rent his field to a Samaritan, since it is called by the name of the owner and this Samaritan will perform work in it during the intermediate days of a Festival. The Talmud infers: It i