Bava Basra 071: Trees Weaken the Land

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Bava Basra 071: Trees Weaken the Land

mechael benton asked:

on your insights page it states that trees weaken the land. I wonder 
how this could be so, when in fact we know that trees help the land to 
stay solid and help to avoid runoff and mud- (I live in Southern 
California where we have mud-slides). 

mechael benton, los angeles, usa
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The Kollel replies:

It is all a matter of context. When the Gemara and Rashbam here say that trees 
"weaken the land" around them, they are referring to vegetable farming. Trees 
can have a bad effect on vegetables planted in their immediate vicinity (by 
blocking light etc.). That is the only way trees adversely affect the land 
around them in our Gemara.

Best wishes,
Mordecai Kornfeld
Kollel Iyun Hadaf


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