A poor person is looking over a cake to buy it. One that comes over and grabs it and buys it himself is called "wicked."
This is brought in Kidushin Rav Gidal wanted to buy a field. R. Aba went and bought it. R. Gidal complained. R. Aba said, "I did not know you were going to buy it."
Rav Aba offered to give it to Rav Gidal as a present. Rav Gidal refused to accept it as a present because "He who hates gifts will live." [Proverbs]
But Rav Gidal would have agreed to buy it. But R Aba sis not want to sell it for money. He said that is is fist purchase of a field and it is not a good idea to sell your first purchase,.
So neither R Gidal nor R Aba used the field and it was left fallow.
[Rav Moshe Feinstein brings this in his correspondence].
This is brought in Kidushin Rav Gidal wanted to buy a field. R. Aba went and bought it. R. Gidal complained. R. Aba said, "I did not know you were going to buy it."
Rav Aba offered to give it to Rav Gidal as a present. Rav Gidal refused to accept it as a present because "He who hates gifts will live." [Proverbs]
But Rav Gidal would have agreed to buy it. But R Aba sis not want to sell it for money. He said that is is fist purchase of a field and it is not a good idea to sell your first purchase,.
So neither R Gidal nor R Aba used the field and it was left fallow.
[Rav Moshe Feinstein brings this in his correspondence].
