When Jews must rent domain rights from non-Jews in a city or mavoi, is it sufficient to rent from the city's ruling official (the 'sar'), or must they rent from each non-Jewish household individually?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that in principle one must rent from each non-Jewish household individually, and renting from the city's sar (governor) is insufficient — unless that sar has actual authority to forcibly quarter his soldiers in the residents' homes, in which case renting from him or his agent suffices.
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