Commentary for Bava Batra 129:11

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> המוכר את הבית מכר את הדלת אבל לא את המפתח מכר את המכתשת קבועה אבל לא את המיטלטלת מכר את האיצטרוביל אבל לא את הקלת ולא את התנור ולא את הכירים בזמן שאמר לו הוא וכל מה שבתוכו

Still less have they if the outer one is given and the inner one is sold.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because we presume the gift to have been made in a more liberal spirit than the sale. ');">⁹</span> If the outer one is sold and the inner one given, [the students] wanted to infer from this that there is no right of way from one to the other,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because presumably the owner does not favour one above the other to this extent. ');">¹⁰</span> but this is not correct. For have we not learnt:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 71a, in connection with the dispute between R. Akiba and the Sages about the right of way. ');">¹¹</span> 'This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That according to the Rabbis a right of way is not included. ');">¹²</span> applies only to a sale, but if the owner makes a gift, he includes all these things'? This shows that a donor is presumed to make a gift in a liberal spirit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even on the view of the Rabbis, and still more on that of R. Akiba. ');">¹³</span> So here, the donor gives in a liberal spirit.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even at the expense of the purchaser, and therefore the recipient of the inner room has a right of way through the outer. ');">¹⁴</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF A MAN SELLS A HOUSE, HE [IPSO FACTO] SELLS [WITH IT] THE DOOR, BUT NOT THE KEY;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'opener': a bolt which would fit any door, but which usually was left in its socket. ');">¹⁵</span> HE SELLS [WITH IT] A MORTAR<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For pounding spices etc. ');">¹⁶</span> FIXED [IN THE GROUND] BUT NOT A MOVABLE ONE; HE SELLS [WITH IT] THE CASING OF A HANDMILL BUT NOT THE SIEVE,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra p. 103. ');">¹⁷</span> AND NOT A STOVE OR AN OVEN.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These too were movable, but the stove was somewhat larger and used for baking bread, V.l. 'he sells (with it) a stove and oven,' these being regarded as fixtures. The principle is therefore that the 'house' includes fixtures but not movable things. ');">¹⁸</span> IF HE SAYS TO THE PURCHASER, [I SELL] THE HOUSE AND ALL ITS CONTENTS,

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