Commentary for Bava Metzia 189:1

עד שיפרוט לך הכתוב יחדו

unless the verse had explicitly stated 'together'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the waw implies both conjunction and separation, and in the absence of an explicit statement to the contrary it is assumed to connote separation. v. Sanh. 85b. Hence, in his view the 'or' is unnecessary, and may teach the inclusion of capture; but in R. Joshia's view it is necessary, and so the question remains. ');">¹</span>

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