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to insert a mezuza inside a hollow reed and then affix the whole arrangement to the doorpost.
A baraita states: If one rents out a house to another, the responsibility to prepare a mezuza for it and affix it is upon the renter. And when he leaves, he may not take it in his hand and leave with it; rather, he must leave it there. But if he rented a house from a non-Jew, he may take it in his
The Talmud asks: Was the incident cited to contradict the ruling immediately preceding it, which permits one to take the mezuza? Rav Sheshet said: The incident relates to the first clause.
§ The Mishnah teaches: The manure found in the courtyard of a rented house, is the property of the landlord, and the renter has rights only to the ashes that come out of the oven and the stove, which can also be used as a fertilizer. The Talmud asks: With what are we dealing? If we say that the Mis
The Talmud answers: No, the ruling is necessary in a case where the manure is in a courtyard of the landlord, and the source of the manure was oxen that came from the world at large and stood in the courtyard and produced the manure. The Mishnah rules that in such a case, the manure belongs to the