Commentary for Bava Batra 155:7

מאי כומני אמר רב פפא בר שמואל מרכבתא דנשי

An objection was raised: [It has been taught: If one says to another] 'I sell you the ass and its equipment', he has sold him the saddle, the pack.saddle. the cover and the saddle-belt, but he has not sold the sack, the saddle-bag and the pallet; if, however, he said unto him, '[I sell you] it [the ass] and all that is upon it', then all these are included in the sale. [From this follows that] the reason why [the buyer] acquires possession of the saddle and the pack. saddle is that [the seller] said '[I sell] it and its equipment', but if he had not said so, [the buyer would] not [have acquired these]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How, then, can 'Ulla say that both the first Tanna and Nahum the Mede agree that these parts of the equipment are always implicitly included in the sale of the ass? ');">²¹</span> No! The law that the saddle and the pack-saddle are included in the sale is applicable even though [the seller] did not say unto him '[I sell you the] ass and its equipment'; but [by the inclusion of the statement]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' '(I sell you) it and its equipment'. ');">²²</span> he teaches us that although [the seller] said unto him: '[I sell you] the ass and its equipment's he [the buyer] does not acquire the sack, the saddle-bag and the pallet.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In accordance with the opinion of the first Tanna in our Mishnah. ');">²³</span> What is kumni?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 313. n. 5, ');">²⁴</span>

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