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MISHNA: With regard to one who buys two trees in the field of another, this one has not acquired any ground, but only the trees. Rabbi Meir says: He has acquired the groundunder them. The mishna states a halakha in accordance with the opinion of the first tanna: If the trees grew, the owner of the field may not cut down their branches, despite the fact that their shade damages his field.
Our focus on two trees allows an exploration of the original two trees in the Garden of Eden and a mediation on the mythical midrasnhic and hassidic renderings of meaning.