A person sells a field 'for its produce' to a colleague. Can the buyer build on it?
Buying land for its produce grants the right to farm it fully but not to build or demolish. Only buying for a fixed term grants full ownership-like powers including structural changes.
Question 2
Reuven sells a tree to Shimon and separately sells its fruit to Levi. Levi performs meshichah. What does Levi acquire?
When the seller sold the tree to Shimon, he did not retain any location rights for the fruit. Therefore, when he tried to sell the fruit to Levi, there was nothing left to transfer.
Question 3
Someone buys the produce of a dovecote. The dovecote has mother doves and female fledglings. How many broods from the mothers must he leave?
The buyer must leave the first brood of the mothers so the mothers bond with it and with the female fledglings. For the daughters, two broods are left. Everything beyond that belongs to the buyer.
Question 4
A buyer purchases olive trees to cut down as lumber. How much of the tree must he leave above the ground?
For regular olive trees, the buyer leaves two gerofit (fistfuls) above the ground and then cuts. Different minimums apply for wild fig trees (3 handbreadths for uncut, 2 for previously cut) and for palms/cedars (which are uprooted).
Question 5
What is the key difference between a person who rents a field and one who buys it for its produce?
The buyer for produce can plant, sow, or leave fallow as he wishes, and can resell his rights to another. A renter may not sublet and has more restricted agricultural freedoms, as detailed in the laws of rental.