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Bava Batra
Daf 78bמִלְּתָא אַחֲרִיתִי קָאָמַר.
was speaking of a different matter
אֲמַר לֵיהּ רָבִינָא לְרַב אַשִׁי, תָּא שְׁמַע: מָכַר אֶת הַקָּרוֹן – לֹא מָכַר אֶת הַפְּרָדוֹת; וְתָנֵי רַב תַּחְלִיפָא בַּר מַעַרְבָא קַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי אַבָּהוּ: מָכַר אֶת הַקָּרוֹן – מָכַר אֶת הַפְּרָדוֹת, וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ: וְהָא אֲנַן ״לֹא מָכַר״ תְּנַן! וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ: אִיסְמְיֵיהּ? וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ: לָא, תְּתַרְגֵּם מַתְנִיתָךְ בַּאֲדוּקִים בּוֹ;
Ravina said to Rav Ashi: Come and hear a resolution of the dilemma, as it was taught in the previous mishna: If one sold a wagon he has not sold the mules that pull the wagon. And Rav Taḥlifa, from the West, i.e., Eretz Yisrael, taught a baraita before Rabbi Abbahu: If one sold a wagon, he has sold the mules along with it. And Rabbi Abbahu said to him: But didn’t we learn in the mishna that he has not sold the mules? And Rav Taḥlifa said to him: Should I erase this baraita ? And Rabbi Abbahu said to him: No, you should explain that your baraita is referring to a case where the mules are fastened to the wagon.
מִכְּלָל דְּמַתְנִיתִין בְּשֶׁאֵין אֲדוּקִים בּוֹ, וּמִדְּרֵישָׁא בְּשֶׁאֵין עוֹדָן עָלָיו, סֵיפָא נַמִי בְּשֶׁאֵין עוֹדָן עָלָיו!
One can learn by inference from Rabbi Abbahu’s statement that the mishna is referring to a situation where the mules are not fastened to the wagon. And since the first clause, i.e., the previous mishna, is referring to a case corresponding to where the vessels are not on the donkey, i.e., the mules are not fastened to the wagon, the latter clause, the mishna here, must also be referring to a situation where the vessels are not on the donkey.
אַדְּרַבָּה, אֵימָא רֵישָׁא: אֲבָל לֹא מָכַר לֹא אֶת הָעֲבָדִים וְלֹא אֶת הָאַנְתִיקֵי; וְאָמְרִינַן, מַאי אַנְתִיקֵי? אֲמַר רַב פַּפָּא: עִיסְקָא דִּבְגַוָּהּ; וּמִדְּרֵישָׁא בְּעוֹדָן עָלָיו, סֵיפָא נַמִי בְּעוֹדָן עָלָיו! אֶלָּא, תַּנָּא מִילֵּי מִילֵּי קָתָנֵי.
The Gemara rejects this proof: On the contrary, say the first clause, i.e., the preceding mishna: One who sells a ship sells the mast along with it, but he has not sold either the slaves or the antikei . And we said: What is the meaning of antikei ? Rav Pappa said: It means the merchandise that is in the ship. But according to your logic, since the first clause, i.e., the mishna concerning the ship, is referring to a case where the merchandise is on the ship, the latter clause, the mishna here, must also be referring to a case where the vessels are on the donkey. Rather, the tanna teaches each statement individually,
[סִימָן: זגם נסן] אֲמַר אַבַּיֵי: רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר וְרַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל וְרַבִּי מֵאִיר וְרַבִּי נָתָן וְסוּמָכוֹס וְנַחוּם הַמָּדִי, כּוּלְּהוּ סְבִירָא לְהוּ: כִּי מְזַבֵּין אִינִישׁ מִידֵי, אִיהוּ וְכָל תַּשְׁמִישְׁתֵּיהּ מְזַבֵּין.
The Gemara provides a mnemonic based on the letters of the names of the tanna’im who appear here: Zayin , gimmel , mem ; nun , samekh , nun . Abaye said: Rabbi Eliezer, and Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, and Rabbi Meir, and Rabbi Natan, and Sumakhos, and Naḥum the Mede all hold that when a person sells an item, he sells it and all of its accoutrements.
TOSAFOT
כולהו סבירא להו לאו ממש אמרו דבר אחד דאין דבריהם שוין אלא כלומר בשיטה אחת הן וכי האי גוונא איתא ביבמות פרק (שלישי) (דף ל) כולהו סבירא להו מאמר קונה קנין גמור:
רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר – דִּתְנַן, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: הַמּוֹכֵר אֶת בֵּית הַבַּד – מָכַר אֶת הַקּוֹרָה. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל – דִּתְנַן, רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: הַמּוֹכֵר אֶת הָעִיר – מָכַר אֶת הַסַּנְטָר. רַבִּי מֵאִיר – דְּתַנְיָא, רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר: מָכַר אֶת הַכֶּרֶם – מָכַר תַּשְׁמִישֵׁי הַכֶּרֶם. רַבִּי נָתָן וְסוּמָכוֹס – בִּיצִית וְדוּגִית. נַחוּם הַמָּדִי – הָא דַּאֲמָרַן.
Rabbi Eliezer holds this, as we learned in a mishna (67b) that Rabbi Eliezer says: One who sells an olive press has sold the beam used for pressing the olives, despite the fact that the beam can be removed from the press. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel holds this, as we learned in a mishna (68b) that Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: One who sells a city has sold the city’s guardsman. Rabbi Meir holds this, as it is taught in a baraita that Rabbi Meir says: If one sold a vineyard, he has sold the accoutrements of the vineyard. Rabbi Natan and Sumakhos hold this, as they state with regard to the bitzit and the dugit , i.e., the light-going boats of the ship, which they claim are sold when the ship is sold (73a). Naḥum the Mede holds this, as is evident from that which we said in the mishna here.
״רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: פְּעָמִים מְכוּרִין״ וכו׳. מַאי שְׁנָא ״חֲמוֹרְךָ זוֹ״, וּמַאי שְׁנָא ״חֲמוֹרְךָ הוּא״?
§ The mishna teaches that Rabbi Yehuda says: There are times when the vessels are sold, and there are times when they are not sold. How so? If the donkey was before him and its vessels were on it, and the buyer said to him: Sell me this donkey of yours, its vessels are sold. If the buyer said: Is the donkey yours? I wish to purchase it, its vessels are not sold. The Gemara asks: What is different in a case where the buyer said: Sell me this donkey of yours, and what is different in a case where he said: Is the donkey yours?
אֲמַר רָבָא: ״חֲמוֹרְךָ זוֹ״ – יָדַע דַּחֲמָרָא דִּידֵיהּ הוּא, וְהַאי דְּקָא אָמַר לֵיהּ ״זוֹ״, מִשּׁוּם כֵּלָיו קָאָמַר לֵיהּ; ״חֲמוֹרְךָ הוּא״ – דְּלָא יָדַע דַּחֲמָרָא דִּידֵיהּ הוּא, וְהָכִי קָאָמַר לֵיהּ: חֲמוֹרְךָ הוּא, שֶׁתִּמְכְּרֶנָּה לִי?
Rava said that when the buyer says: Sell me this donkey of yours,
מתני׳ הַמּוֹכֵר אֶת הַחֲמוֹר – מָכַר אֶת הַסְּיָח. מָכַר אֶת הַפָּרָה – לֹא מָכַר אֶת בְּנָהּ. מָכַר אַשְׁפָּה – מָכַר זִבְלָהּ. מָכַר בּוֹר – מָכַר מֵימֶיהָ. מָכַר כַּוֶּורֶת – מָכַר דְּבוֹרִים. מָכַר שׁוֹבָךְ – מָכַר יוֹנִים.
One who sells a female donkey has sold its foal along with it. But one who sold a cow
גמ׳ הֵיכִי דָמֵי? אִי דְּאָמַר לֵיהּ הִיא וּבְנָהּ – אֲפִילּוּ פָּרָה וּבְנָהּ נַמִי, אִי דְּלָא אָמַר לֵיהּ הִיא וּבְנָהּ – אֲפִילּוּ חֲמוֹר נַמִי לָא!
The mishna teaches that if one sells a donkey he has sold its foal, but if one sells a cow he has not sold its calf. The Gemara asks: What are the circumstances? If this is a case where the seller says to the buyer that he is selling it and its young, even the cow and its young should be sold as well. If this is a case where he does not say to him that he is selling it and its young, even the donkey should not be sold with its foal.
אֲמַר רַב פַּפָּא, דְּאָמַר לֵיהּ: חֲמוֹר מֵנִיקָה וּפָרָה מֵנִיקָה אֲנִי מוֹכֵר לְךָ; בִּשְׁלָמָא פָּרָה, אִיכָּא לְמֵימַר לַחֲלָבָהּ בָּעֵי לָהּ, אֶלָּא חֲמוֹר מַאי קָאָמַר לֵיהּ? שְׁמַע מִינָּהּ: הִיא וּבְנָהּ קָאָמַר לֵיהּ. וְאַמַּאי קָרֵי לֵיהּ סְיָח? שֶׁמְהַלֵּךְ אַחַר סִיחָה נָאָה.
Rav Pappa said: This is referring to a case where the seller said to the buyer: I am selling you a nursing donkey, or: I am selling you a nursing cow. Granted, with regard to the cow, one could say that he needs it for its milk, and the suckling calf would not necessarily be included in the sale. But with regard to the donkey, for what reason is he saying to him that the donkey is nursing? Since he does not need the milk of a donkey, learn from here that he is saying to him that he is selling it and its young. The Gemara adds tangentially: And why does the mishna call a donkey foal a seyaḥ ?
אָמַר רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר נַחְמָן אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, מַאי דִּכְתִיב: ״עַל כֵּן יֹאמְרוּ הַמֹּשְׁלִים״ וגו׳?
The Gemara cites a related discussion. Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥman says that Rabbi Yoḥanan says: What is the meaning of that which is written: “Therefore they that speak in parables [ hamoshlim ] say: Come to Heshbon! Let the city [ ir ] of Sihon be built and established! For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon; it has devoured Ar of Moab, the lords of the high places of Arnon” (Numbers 21:27–28)?
״הַמֹּשְׁלִים״ – אֵלּוּ הַמּוֹשְׁלִים בְּיִצְרָם; ״בּוֹאוּ חֶשְׁבּוֹן״ – בּוֹאוּ וּנְחַשֵּׁב חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, הֶפְסֵד מִצְוָה כְּנֶגֶד שְׂכָרָהּ, וּשְׂכַר עֲבֵירָה כְּנֶגֶד הֶפְסֵדָהּ.
The Gemara interprets these verses homiletically. “ Hamoshlim ”; these are the people who rule over [ hamoshlim ] their evil inclination. They will say: “Come to Heshbon,” meaning: Come and let us calculate the account of [ ḥeshbono ] the world, i.e., the financial loss incurred by the fulfillment of a mitzva
״תִּבָּנֶה וְתִכּוֹנֵן״ – אִם אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה כֵּן, תִּבָּנֶה בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וְתִכּוֹנֵן לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא; ״עִיר סִיחוֹן״ – אִם מֵשִׂים אָדָם עַצְמוֹ כְּעַיִר זֶה שֶׁמְהַלֵּךְ אַחַר סִיחָה נָאָה, מַה כְּתִיב אַחֲרָיו? ״כִּי אֵשׁ יָצְאָה מֵחֶשְׁבּוֹן״ וגו׳ – תֵּצֵא אֵשׁ מִמְּחַשְּׁבִין וְתֹאכַל אֶת שֶׁאֵינָן מְחַשְּׁבִין;
“Let it be built and established” means that if you make this calculation, you will be built in this world and you will be established in the World-to-Come. The phrase “city [ ir ] of Sihon” means that if a person fashions himself like this young donkey [ ayir ] that follows after pleasant talk [ siḥa ],
״וְלֶהָבָה מִקִּרְיַת סִיחֹן״ – מִקִּרְיַת צַדִּיקִים שֶׁנִּקְרְאוּ שִׂיחִין; ״אָכְלָה עָר מוֹאָב״ – זֶה הַמְהַלֵּךְ אַחַר יִצְרוֹ כְּעַיִר זֶה שֶׁמְהַלֵּךְ אַחַר סִיחָה נָאָה; ״בַּעֲלֵי בָּמוֹת אַרְנֹן״ – אֵלּוּ גַּסֵּי הָרוּחַ. דְּאָמַר מָר: כָּל אָדָם שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ גַּסּוּת הָרוּחַ נוֹפֵל בַּגֵּיהִנָּם.
A similar interpretation applies to the continuation of the verse: “A flame from the city of Sihon”; this means that a flame will come from the city of righteous people, who are called trees [ siḥin ].
״וַנִּירָם״ – אָמַר רָשָׁע: אֵין רָם; ״אָבַד חֶשְׁבּוֹן״ – אָבַד חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם; ״עַד דִּיבֹן״ – אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: הַמְתֵּן עַד שֶׁיָּבֹא דִּין; ״וַנַּשִּׁים
The Gemara interprets a subsequent verse: “We have shot at them [ vanniram ], Heshbon is perished, even until Dibon, and we have laid waste even until Nophah, which reaches until Medeba” (Numbers 21:30). “ Vanniram ”; this indicates that the wicked person says: There is no higher [ ein ram ] power governing the world. “Heshbon is perished” means: The account [ ḥeshbon ] of the world has perished, i.e., they claim there is no accountability for one’s actions. “Even until Dibon [ divon ]”; the Holy One, Blessed be He, says: Wait until judgment comes [ yavo din ]. “And we have laid waste