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ואמר רב דימי בר יוסף אמר רבי אלעזר: עשו מטלטלין שיור אצל עבד, ולא עשו מטלטלין שיור אצל כתובה!
And Rav Dimi bar Yosef says that R' Elazar says: The rabbis deemed movable property to be considered a significant reserving of property for oneself with regard to the emancipation of a slave, so that a slave is not emancipated when his owner gives him all of his other property. But they did not deem movable property that one withheld from his sons and earmarked for his wife to be considered a significant reserving of property with regard to her marriage contract. If one granted all of his property to his sons but reserved any amount of land for his wife, she forfeits her marriage contract. By not protesting the gift, she has conceded that she will collect her marriage contract only from the land he reserved for her. Nevertheless, if he reserved only movable property for his wife, she does not forfeit her marriage contract. R' Elazar’s ruling with regard to a slave indicates that the expression: Reserves any amount of land, does not necessarily exclude movable property.
התם בדין הוא דלא ליתני קרקע; ואיידי דתנא רישא, רבי עקיבא אומר: קרקע כל שהוא חייבת בפאה ובבכורים, ולכתוב עליהם פרוזבול, ולקנות עמהם נכסים שאין להם אחריות בכסף ובשטר ובחזקה – משום הכי קתני קרקע.
Rav Yosef replies: There, with regard to the slave, by right the Mishnah should not have taught the halakha with regard to land, but it should have taught the halakha with regard to all property. But since the former clause of the Mishnah teaches a halakha with regard to land, the Mishnah mentions land in the subsequent clause as well. The Talmud cites the former clause (Pe’a 3:6): R' Akiva says: The owner of any amount of land is obligated in pe’a and in first fruits; and if the debtor possesses any amount of land the creditor can write a document that prevents the Sabbatical Year from abrogating an outstanding debt [prosbol] for it so that his loans will not be canceled in the 7th year; and he can acquire property that does not serve as a guarantee along with it by means of money, by a deed, or by taking possession of it. Rav Yosef concludes: Due to this reason, the Mishnah teaches the halakha with regard to land.