Talmud Bavli
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Commentary for Bava Batra 153:1

אמר אמימר הלכתא אותיות נקנות במסירה כרבי אמר ליה רב אשי לאמימר גמרא או סברא אמר ליה גמרא אמר רב אשי סברא נמי הוא דאותיות מילי נינהו ומילי במילי לא מיקנין

Amemar said: The law is [according to Rabbi] that letters are acquired by <i>mesirah</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And there is no need to write, in addition, a bill of sale (v. Glos.). ');"><sup>1</sup></span> R. Ashi said to Amemar: '[Is this] a tradition or a logical deduction?' He replied unto him: '[It is] a tradition.' R. Ashi said: This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That a bond is acquired by mesirah only. and not by a bill of sale. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> may also be deduced logically, because letters<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a bond. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>

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