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If so, the Master should do for me in accordance with another statement of Shmuel, as Shmuel says that one who hoes ownerless property has acquired only the place that he struck with the hoe. Rav Naḥman said to him: In this matter I hold in accordance with our halakha, as Rav Huna says that Rav says
The Talmud relates that Rav Huna bar Avin sent a ruling: In the case of a Jew who purchased a field from a non-Jew, and then another Jew came and took possession of it, it is not removed from the possession of the second Jew. And so too, R' Avin, and R' Ile’a, and all of our Rabbis agree with regard
§ Rabba said: These 3 statements were told to me by Ukvan bar Neḥemya the Exilarch in the name of Shmuel: The law of the kingdom is the law; and the term of Persian sharecropping [arisuta] is for up to 40 years, since according to Persian laws the presumption of ownership is established after 40 ye
The Talmud notes: And this statement applies to land seized to pay the land tax, but not to land seized to pay the head tax. What is the reason for this? The head tax is placed on a man’s head, i.e., the obligation of this tax is on the individual and is unrelated to his property. It is therefore t
Rav Ashi said: Huna bar Natan said to me that Ameimar raised a difficulty with regard to this statement of Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua: If so, you have abolished the inheritance of the firstborn son of one who owes taxes to the kingdom. If everything can be seized by the tax collectors to pay the