Quotation על עבודה זרה 1:2
Tosefta Avodah Zarah
One may not lease to them houses or fields or vineyards and one may not give them a tenancy (arisut) or a contracted animal—and it is the same for idolators and for Samaritans. Under what circumstances? In Eretz Yisrael. But in Surya, one may rent to them houses but not fields. In both places, a man should not lease his field to an idolator according to Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yosei says, even in Eretz Yisrael one can rent to them houses and in Surya one may sell them houses and rent fields, and outside of Eretz Yisrael one may sell either. In both places a Jew may not rent his home to an idolator but he may rent to him a shed or a warehouse or an inn, even though he knows idolatry will come in. A Jew may rent his house to a Samaritan and not worry that idolatry will enter it. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says, in any case a Jew may not rent a bathhouse to an idolator it is called by the name of the Jew and they will bathe there on shabbat. Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar says, in any case a Jew may not rent his field to an idolator because it is called by the name of the Jew and they will work there on a holiday.
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