Commentary for Bava Batra 134:7

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> תנו רבנן המוכר את המרחץ מכר את בית הנסרין ואת בית היקמין ואת בית הספלים ואת בית הוילאות אבל לא את נסרין עצמן ולא יקמין עצמן ולא ספלים עצמן ולא וילאות עצמן ובזמן שאמר לו היא וכל מה שבתוכה הרי כולן מכורין בין כך ובין כך לא מכר לו את הבריכות המספקות לו מים בין

R. Eliezer says that if a man sells an olive press he automatically includes the beam, since it is this which gives the olive press its name. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF A MAN SELLS A BATH HE DOES NOT [AUTOMATICALLY] INCLUDE EITHER THE PLANKS<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For standing on after the bath. ');">¹¹</span> OR THE BASINS<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec. 'benches'. ');">¹²</span> OR THE BATHING APPAREL.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec. 'hangings'. ');">¹³</span> IF HE SAYS TO THE PURCHASER, [I SELL YOU] 'IT AND ALL ITS CONTENTS', ALL THESE ARE INCLUDED. IN EITHER CASE HE DOES NOT SELL THE CISTERNS OF WATER NOR THE SHEDS FOR WOOD.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because these are not necessarily adjuncts of a bathhouse, and can be used for other purposes. ');">¹⁴</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Our Rabbis taught: If a man sells a bath, he [automatically] includes the cupboards for the boards and for the head towels<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For covering the head after the bath. ');">¹⁵</span> and for the basins and the curtains,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Al. 'towels'. ');">¹⁶</span> but not the boards nor the head towels nor the basins nor the curtains themselves. If he says to the purchaser, ['I sell you] it and all its contents', all these are included. In either case he does not include the pools which supply him with water whether

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