Commentary for Bava Batra 286:1

ואם הביא חמשים בכלי אחד וחמשים בכלי אחד יצא אם הביא אין לכתחלה לא ואי סלקא דעתך כל כי האי גוונא פלגא ופלגא הוא אפילו לכתחלה נמי

and if he brought fifty in one vessel and fifty in the other, he has [also] fulfilled his duty. [From this it follows that only] if he had [already] brought, has he fulfilled his duty;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'yes '. ');">¹</span> but that this is not the proper thing to do.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit.,'for the outset, not', ');">²</span> Now, if it could be assumed that in any such case 'half and half' [is meant]. this<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The division of the meal-offering into two equal parts of fifty 'isaron each. ');">³</span> [should have been allowed] even at the outset! — What a comparison! There, we are in a position to testify<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'witnesses'. ');">⁴</span>

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