Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Metzia 9:3

הַמְקַבֵּל שָׂדֶה מֵחֲבֵרוֹ וְהוֹבִירָהּ, שָׁמִין אוֹתָהּ כַּמָּה רְאוּיָה לַעֲשׂוֹת וְנוֹתֵן לוֹ, שֶׁכָּךְ כּוֹתֵב לוֹ, אִם אוֹבִיר וְלֹא אַעֲבֵיד, אֲשַׁלֵּם בְּמֵיטְבָא:

If one received a field from his neighbor [for a half, a third, or a quarter of the yield], and he let it lie fallow [neither plowing nor sowing it], its yield-potential is assessed, and he (the renter) gives it (that yield) to him (the owner). For thus does he write to him: "If I let it lie fallow and do not work it, I will pay according to its potential" [i.e., according to what it would yield if it were properly plowed and seeded.]

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