תלמוד על גיטין 4:1

Rebbi Zeïra said before Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Eleazar: Even though Rebbi Meïr says that a Gentile may not acquire real estate in the Land of Israel to free it from tithes, he agrees here that he may acquire property rights. Rebbi Abba said, in order to eat its fruits. Did we not state: “The buyer¹¹⁰Mishnah Giṭṭin4:9. The Jew who bought agricultural land in Israel from a Gentile can bring its First Fruits to the Temple even though this is not his inheritance from the land distribution by Jouhua. For Rebbi Meïr, who holds that possession by a Gentile cannot change the status of the Land relative to the duties imposed on it by the Torah, it should be clear that just as heave and tithe were not lifted from the Land, so the duty of First Fruits was not lifted. Why then is the bringing of First Fruits classified as a rabbinical ordinance, “for the good of the world,” in order to encourage people to buy land in Israel, and not as original Biblical obligation? brings First Fruits for the good of the world.” Why does he not bring it as a Biblical obligation?