Bava Batra 78A

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And if you would say that the Rabbis do not hold that in a case of exploitation of less than 1/6th one must return the money and that if it was more than 1/6th there is nullification of the transaction, can it be maintained that they do not accept these halakhot? But didn’t we learn in a Mishnah (B

The Talmud answers: What is the meaning of the Mishnah that teaches that according to the opinion of the Rabbis the sum of money is not proof? This means that the transaction is nullified. And if you wish, say instead that the sale of the yoke is not nullified, because when the rabbis spoke of expl

Mishnah: One who sells a donkey has not sold its vessels, i.e., its equipment, with it. Naḥum the Mede says: He has sold its vessels. R' 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

Talmud: Ulla says: The dispute in the Mishnah is referring to the donkey’s sack and the saddlebag [disakkaya] and the kumni, a term explained later in the Talmud. As the first tanna holds: An ordinary donkey is used primarily for riding, and therefore these articles, which are not used for ridin

The Talmud raises an objection from a baraita. If a seller says: I am selling you a donkey and its vessels, this one has sold the saddle, and the saddlecloth, and the harness, and the saddle band. But he has not sold the sack, and the saddlebag, and the kumni. And when the seller said to the buyer: