## Gittin Daf 8a

###### Gittin 8a:1
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הָעֲשׂוּיָה לִבְרוֹחַ, אֲבָל עָצִיץ, שֶׁאֵינוֹ עָשׂוּי לִבְרוֹחַ – לֹא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**which is made to move,** i.e., it is not set in one place. Consequently, one can argue that the soil in the boat is not considered attached to the ground. **However,** with regard to **a flowerpot, which is not made to move,** as ordinarily a flowerpot remains in one place, **no,** one cannot reasonably claim that the fixed soil in it is not part of the ground, even when the pot itself is not touching the ground.


###### Gittin 8a:2
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אִי נָמֵי: עַד כָּאן לָא קָאָמְרִי רַבָּנַן הָתָם אֶלָּא בִּסְפִינָה, דְּלָא מַפְסֵיק אַוֵּירָא – דְּמַיָּא כִּי אַרְעָא סְמִיכְתָּא דָּמְיָא; אֲבָל עָצִיץ, דְּמַפְסֵיק אַוֵּירָא – לָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Alternatively,** one can say the opposite: Perhaps **the Rabbis state** their opinion, that the soil in the boat is considered to be like the land itself, **only there, in** the case of **a boat, where there is no barrier of airspace** between the soil in the boat and the land below, **as water is considered to be like solid earth.** Therefore, the soil in the boat is viewed as connected to the earth, and has the status of Eretz Yisrael. **But** in the case of a perforated **pot, where there is a barrier of airspace, no,** the soil is not connected to the ground.


###### Gittin 8a:3
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רַב נַחְמָן בַּר יִצְחָק אָמַר: בִּנְהָרוֹת דְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל דְּכוּלֵּי עָלְמָא לָא פְּלִיגִי. אֶלָּא כִּי פְּלִיגִי – בַּיָּם הַגָּדוֹל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: With regard to** the **rivers that are in Eretz Yisrael** on which a boat is sailing, **everyone agrees** that a bill of divorce written on that boat is considered to be written in Eretz Yisrael. **However, when they disagree** it is **with regard to the Great Sea,** i.e., the Mediterranean Sea. In other words, is a boat located in the Mediterranean Sea considered to be in Eretz Yisrael or not?


###### Gittin 8a:4
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דְּתַנְיָא: אֵיזֶהוּ אֶרֶץ וְאֵיזֶהוּ חוּצָה לָאָרֶץ? כֹּל שֶׁשּׁוֹפֵעַ וְיוֹרֵד מִטּוּרֵי אַמְנוֹן וְלִפְנִים – אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל; מִטּוּרֵי אַמְנוֹן וְלַחוּץ – חוּצָה לָאָרֶץ. הַנִּסִּין שֶׁבַּיָּם – רוֹאִין אוֹתָן כְּאִילּוּ חוּט מָתוּחַ עֲלֵיהֶם מִטּוּרֵי אַמְנוֹן עַד נַחַל מִצְרַיִם; מִן הַחוּט וְלִפְנִים – אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל; מִן הַחוּט וְלַחוּץ – חוּצָה לָאָרֶץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**As it is taught** in the *Tosefta* (*Terumot* 2:12): **What is Eretz** Yisrael **and what is outside of Eretz** Yisrael? **Any** slope **that descends at an angle from Turei Amnon** in Syria **and inward** toward Eretz Yisrael is part of **Eretz Yisrael. From Turei Amnon and outward,** northward, is considered **outside of Eretz** Yisrael. With regard to **the islands [*nissin*] that are in the sea, one views them as though a string were pulled taut over them from Turei Amnon** in the north **to the River of Egypt,** Wadi el-Arish, in the south. **From the string and inward,** i.e., east, is **Eretz Yisrael; from the string and outward,** west, is considered **outside of Eretz** Yisrael. This is the opinion of the Rabbis.


###### Gittin 8a:5
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רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: כֹּל שֶׁכְּנֶגֶד אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל – הֲרֵי הוּא כְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּגְבוּל יָם, וְהָיָה לָכֶם הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל וּגְבוּל, זֶה יִהְיֶה לָכֶם גְּבוּל יָם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yehuda says: Any** place **that** is directly **across from Eretz Yisrael,** including the sea itself, **is considered** part **of Eretz Yisrael, as it is stated: “And for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea for a border, this shall be your west border”** (Numbers 34:6). According to this opinion, the entire territory directly across from Eretz Yisrael is considered part of Eretz Yisrael.


###### Gittin 8a:6
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וְהַנִּסִּין שֶׁבַּצְּדָדִין, רוֹאִין אוֹתָן כְּאִילּוּ חוּט מָתוּחַ עֲלֵיהֶן מִקַּפְלוּרְיָא וְעַד יָם אוֹקְיָינוֹס, וּמִנַּחַל מִצְרַיִם וְעַד יָם אוֹקְיָינוֹס; מִן הַחוּט וְלִפְנִים – אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, מִן הַחוּט וְלַחוּץ – חוּצָה לָאָרֶץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And** with regard to **the islands that are on the sides,** which do not exactly line up on the north or the south, **one views them as though a string were pulled taut over them** in the north **from Kefalorya,** west of Turei Amnon, **to the Atlantic Ocean, and** in the south **from the River of Egypt** westward **until the Atlantic Ocean.** Those islands that lie **from the string and inward** are part of **Eretz Yisrael,** whereas those **from the string and outward** are **outside of Eretz** Yisrael.


###### Gittin 8a:7
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וְרַבָּנַן, הַאי ״וּגְבוּל״ מַאי עָבְדִי לֵיהּ? מִיבְּעֵי לֵיהּ לְנִסִּין. וְרַבִּי יְהוּדָה, נִסִּין לָא צְרִיכִי קְרָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **And the Rabbis, what do they do with this** verse: **“And for the border”?** Rabbi Yehuda’s opinion that the border of Eretz Yisrael extends into the sea is apparently supported by this verse. The Gemara answers: **They require it to** teach that the **islands** themselves are considered to be within Eretz Yisrael. **And Rabbi Yehuda** would respond that an additional **verse is not required** to teach the *halakha* concerning the **islands,** as it is clear that they are part of Eretz Yisrael.


###### Gittin 8a:8
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רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר: עַכּוֹ – כְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכוּ׳: בְּעוֹ מִינֵּיהּ מֵרַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אַבָּא: הַמּוֹכֵר עַבְדּוֹ לְסוּרְיָא, כְּמוֹכֵר בְּחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ דָּמֵי, אוֹ לָא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna teaches that **Rabbi Meir says: Akko is like Eretz Yisrael** with regard to bills of divorce. The Sages **raised a dilemma before Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba: One who sells his slave to** a master in **Syria,** is **he considered like one who sells** his slave **outside of Eretz** Yisrael, in which case the seller is penalized by the emancipation of his slave, **or not?**


###### Gittin 8a:9
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אֲמַר לְהוּ: תְּנֵיתוּהָ, רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר: עַכּוֹ – כְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְגִיטִּין; לְגִיטִּין – אִין, לַעֲבָדִים – לָא, וְכׇל שֶׁכֵּן סוּרְיָא דִּמְרַחֲקָא טוּבָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba **said to them: You learned** a resolution for this dilemma from the mishna: **Rabbi Meir says** that **Akko** is **like Eretz Yisrael with regard to bills of divorce,** from which it may be inferred: **With regard to bills of divorce, yes,** but **with regard to slaves, no,** it is not considered part of Eretz Yisrael, **and all the more so Syria, which is far more distant** than Akko from the main areas of Eretz Yisrael. Therefore, this owner has sold his slave outside of Eretz Yisrael.


###### Gittin 8a:10
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תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה דְּרָכִים שָׁוְותָה סוּרְיָא לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּבִשְׁלֹשָׁה לְחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ. (סִימָן: עָב בַּר רַק). עֲפָרָהּ טָמֵא – כְּחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ, וְהַמּוֹכֵר עַבְדּוֹ לְסוּרְיָא – כְּמוֹכֵר בְּחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ. וְהַמֵּבִיא גֵּט מִסּוּרְיָא – כְּמֵבִיא מֵחוּצָה לָאָרֶץ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Having mentioned the status of Syria, the Gemara cites a related *halakha*. **The Sages taught** (*Tosefta*, *Kelim* 1:5): **In three ways Syria is equal to Eretz Yisrael, and in three** ways it is similar **to outside of Eretz** Yisrael. The Gemara inserts **a mnemonic** device for the ways in which Syria is different than Eretz Yisrael and is similar to Eretz Yisrael: ***Ayin beit*, *beit reish*, *reish kuf*.** Syria has the status of land that is outside of Eretz Yisrael in the following respects: First, **its soil is ritually impure like** that of land **outside of Eretz** Yisrael. **And** the second is that **one who sells his slave to** a master in **Syria is like one who sells** him to a master **outside of Eretz** Yisrael, and the second master is obligated to emancipate the slave. **And** third, **one who brings a bill of divorce from Syria is like one who brings** it **from outside of Eretz** Yisrael, in that he must say: It was written in my presence and it was signed in my presence.


###### Gittin 8a:11
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וּבִשְׁלֹשָׁה לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל: חַיֶּיבֶת בְּמַעֲשֵׂר וּבִשְׁבִיעִית – כְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְהָרוֹצֶה לִיכָּנֵס לָהּ בְּטׇהֳרָה – נִכְנָס, וְהַקּוֹנֶה שָׂדֶה בְּסוּרְיָא –

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And in three** ways Syria is similar **to Eretz Yisrael:** Its produce is **obligated in tithe and in** the mitzvot of **the Sabbatical** Year **like Eretz Yisrael. And one who wishes to enter it** while remaining **in** a state of **ritual purity may** so **enter,** as though it were part of Eretz Yisrael. **And one who acquires a field in Syria**