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was speaking of a different matter and was not necessarily addressing the same case discussed in the beginning of the Mishnah.
Ravina said to Rav Ashi: Come and hear a resolution of the dilemma, as it was taught in the previous Mishnah: 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 R' Abbahu: If one sold a wagon, he has sold
One can learn by inference from R' Abbahu’s statement that the Mishnah is referring to a situation where the mules are not fastened to the wagon. And since the first clause, i.e., the previous Mishnah, is referring to a case corresponding to where the vessels are not on the donkey, i.e., the mules
The Talmud rejects this proof: On the contrary, say the first clause, i.e., the preceding Mishnah: 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
The Talmud 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: R' Eliezer, and Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, and R' Meir, and R' Natan, and Sumakhos, and Naḥum the Mede all hold that when a person sells an item, he sel