Commentary for Bava Batra 154:7

מכר את הצמד לא מכר את הבקר וכו': היכי דמי אילימא דקרו לצימדא צימדא ולבקר בקר פשיטא צימדא זבין ליה בקר לא זבין ליה ואלא דקרו ליה נמי לבקר צימדא כוליה זבין ליה

to it. HE WHO SOLD THE 'YOKE' HAS NOT SOLD THE OXEN, ETC. How is this to be understood? If it be said that [the Mishnah speaks of a place where] a yoke is called yoke and oxen [are called] oxen, [in this case] surely he sold him the yoke, but has not sold him the oxen<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why. then, does R. Judah say that the sale is dependent on the price? ');">¹⁷</span> And if the oxen also are called 'yoke', all was [obviously] sold!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why do the Sages say that the price is no proof? ');">¹⁸</span>

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