Gittin 47b

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Topic

Whether a גוי's ownership removes the land's obligations, and whether owning a field's produce counts like owning the field (ביכורים)

Overview

This amud finishes the גמרא's challenges to רבה, who holds that a גוי's purchase cannot free land in ארץ ישראל from מעשר. A ברייתא about a field shared by a Jew and a גוי seems to show that everyone agrees a גוי's share is exempt. The גמרא answers that the case is in סוריא, where כיבוש יחיד makes the land's holiness weaker. רב חייא בר אבין then challenges רבה from our משנה, which says a seller buys back the fruit and brings ביכורים only because of תיקון העולם. רב אשי answers that there were two rabbinic תקנות, first stopping the ביכורים and then putting them back. Next comes a dispute between רבי יוחנן and ריש לקיש: does someone who bought only a field's produce recite the ביכורים declaration? That depends on whether קנין פירות is like קנין הגוף. They argue back and forth using a husband who brings his wife's ביכורים. The amud ends as the גמרא begins showing that the two follow the same reasoning in another case, which continues on the next amud.

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The steps (15)

1. ProofThe dispute between רבי and רבן שמעון בן גמליאל about a shared field
2. ChallengeBoth sides agree a גוי's ownership removes מעשר
3. ResolutionThe ברייתא is about סוריא, not ארץ ישראל proper
4. ChallengeA new challenge from the ביכורים rule in our משנה
5. ResolutionTwo back-and-forth enactments about ביכורים
6. StatementSelling a field only for its produce
7. StatementThe reasoning: is owning the produce like owning the land?
8. Challengeרבי יוחנן challenges ריש לקיש from a man bringing his wife's first fruits
9. Resolutionריש לקיש answers that the wife's case is a special verse
10. ChallengeSecond version: ריש לקיש uses the same source against רבי יוחנן
11. Resolutionרבי יוחנן says this verse is the source of his rule
12. Challengeריש לקיש challenges from the man whose wife died on the way
13. ResolutionThe wife's death is mentioned only to block a possible decree
14. StatementOne person must both take and bring the ביכורים
15. StatementThe same two opinions appear in the case of selling a field