Bava Batra 56A

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and in one domain, i.e., he carried half the dried fig into the same public domain each time, he is liable, but if it was in two domains, i.e., he carried the item into two separate public domains, he is exempt.

And Rabba says in explanation of R' Yosei’s opinion: And this division of the public domain applies only where there is a property where one would incur liability to bring a sin-offering if one unintentionally carried out of it or into it, i.e., a private domain, between the two sections. But if the

The Talmud notes: And Rava follows his own line of reasoning, as Rava says: The definition of a domain for the purpose of Shabbat is like the definition of a domain for the purpose of bills of divorce: Just as a beam is defined as a distinct domain for the purpose of bills of divorce, so too it is

The Talmud returns to discuss the acquisition of a field that belonged to a convert who died without heirs. The Talmud asks: If there was no boundary and there was no sea squill, what are the limits to the acquisition? R' Marinus explains in the name of R' Yoḥanan: Any area that is called by his nam

Rav Aḥa bar Avya sat before R' Asi, and he sat and was saying the following in the name of R' Asi bar Ḥanina: A row of sea squill serves as a barrier with regard to the property of a convert who died without heirs, so that each section is considered a distinct field.