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ונקנין עמה נכסים שאין להם אחריות! הכא במאי עסקינן – בחיטי.
and he can acquire property that does not serve as a guarantee, i.e., movable property, along with it. There are specific modes of acquisition for movable property, but if one is acquiring any amount of land at the same time as the movable property, the mode of acquisition employed to acquire the land suffices for the acquisition of the movable property as well. Apparently, any amount of land is subject to first fruits, whereas according to Ulla a tree acquired with less than 16 cubits of land surrounding it draws nourishment from the land surrounding it and is exempt from first fruits. The Talmud rejects this: With what are we dealing here? We are dealing with wheat, which is subject to the halakhot of first fruits and requires very little land to nourish it.
דיקא נמי, דקתני: כל שהוא. שמע מינה.
The Talmud comments that the language of the Mishnah is also precise, as it teaches: Land of any size, which indicates even a miniscule amount, and all normal trees certainly require more land than that. The Talmud affirms: Learn from it that it is so.
תא שמע: אילן – מקצתו בארץ ומקצתו בחוץ לארץ – טבל וחולין מעורבין זה בזה, דברי רבי.
The Talmud further suggests: Come and hear a proof from a baraita (Tosefta, Ma’asrot 2:22): If there is a tree, part of which is in Eretz Yisrael and part of which is outside of Eretz Yisrael, it is considered as though untithed produce, i.e., produce that is subject to the halakhot of terumot and tithes, and non-sacred produce, i.e., produce that is exempt from the halakhot of terumot and tithes, are mixed together in each one of this tree’s fruits. This is the statement of R' Yehuda HaNasi.