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If there are two adjoining gardens and one is on higher ground than the other and a vegetable is growing on the incline between the two gardens R. Meir says it belongs to the upper garden because if he would take away his earth the vegetable would not grow.
R. Yehudah says it belongs to the lower garden because if he would fill his garden with earth the vegetable would cease to exist.
R. Shimon says that if the vegetable was within arm’s reach of the upper garden it belongs to him and if not it belongs to the lower garden.
We explore the garden metaphors in Shir Hashirim as well as Richard II.