Gittin 48a

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Topic

Whether קנין פירות is like קנין הגוף: the dispute of רבי יוחנן and ריש לקיש about reciting over בכורים during יובל, with proofs, a parallel among תנאים, and support for each side

Overview

רבי יוחנן and ריש לקיש argue about someone who buys land while יובל is in force, when the land must go back to the seller. Both agree he brings בכורים, but רבי יוחנן says he also recites the declaration and ריש לקיש says he does not. The root of the argument is whether owning the produce (קנין פירות) counts like owning the land itself (קנין הגוף). A צריכא explains why this argument had to be stated alongside the earlier case of a sale for produce. Two משניות seem to support רבי יוחנן. They are answered first by saying they speak of a time without יובל, and then, using רב חסדא, by saying they speak of the first יובל. The גמרא next suggests that the same question splits the תנאים in a ברייתא about a son who bought a field from his father. רב נחמן בר יצחק rejects this, saying רבי יהודה and רבי שמעון learn their rule from an extra word in the פסוק. רב יוסף shows that רבי יוחנן must hold קנין פירות כקנין הגוף, or almost no one could bring בכורים. Finally, רבא announces that a פסוק and a ברייתא support ריש לקיש, and the proofs continue on the next amud.

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The steps (19)

1. StatementThe dispute about buying land while יובל is in force
2. StatementThe reasoning behind each side
3. StatementWhy the dispute is needed in both cases, part one
4. ConclusionWhy the dispute is needed in both cases, part two
5. ProofProof from a buyer of a tree and its land
6. RejectionThe משנה is talking about a time without יובל
7. ProofProof from a buyer of three trees
8. RejectionSame answer: a time without יובל
9. ResolutionA better answer using רב חסדא: first יובל versus second יובל
10. StatementSuggesting the argument matches an argument of תנאים
11. Statementרבי יהודה and רבי שמעון learn the law from the verse
12. Statementרבי מאיר applies the verse to a different case
13. Proofרבי מאיר holds that owning the produce is like owning the field
14. Proofרבי יהודה and רבי שמעון hold that owning the produce is not like owning the field
15. Rejectionרב נחמן בר יצחק rejects the link to the תנאים
16. ProofThe extra word in the פסוק about the bought field
17. Statementרב יוסף: רבי יוחנן must hold owning produce is full ownership
18. ProofOtherwise almost no one could bring ביכורים
19. Proofרבא: a פסוק and a ברייתא support ריש לקיש