Commentary for Bava Batra 172:5

ת"ש אם היתה מדה של אחד מהן ראשון ראשון קנה ואע"ג דלא נתמלאה המדה

<i>se'ah</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Kor and se'ah are measures of capacity, the former containing thirty of the latter. ');">¹¹</span> [If, however, he said]: 'I sell you a <i>kor</i> for thirty, [each] <i>se'ah</i> for a <i>sela'</i>, [the buyer] acquires possession of every <i>se'ah</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The seller, by specifying the price per kor and se'ah, has intimated his desire to sell either the entire kor or any fraction of it. ');">¹³</span> as it is measured out for him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he acquires first first'. (Cf. p. 347. n. 1). ');">¹⁴</span>

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