Commentary for Bava Batra 173:2

ואי ס"ד כור בשלשים סאה בסלע אני מוכר לך ראשון ראשון קנה ה"נ קמא קמא מיפסק פסק ואסור להנות הימנו מדינר ליום ולגורן יפה סלע מותר אמאי והא אגר נטר לי הוא

Now, if you are of the opinion that [if the seller 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> as it is measured out, here also, [since mention was made of a 'denarius a day'] every day that has passed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit. 'first first'. ');">⁴</span> [should have been regarded as] cut off<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mentioning the entire period and the denarius per day is similar to mentioning the entire kor and the individual units of the se'ah. ');">⁵</span> [from the other days of the period that follow] and it should, [therefore], be forbidden to derive any benefit from it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz. the difference between the wages at the harvesting season and that at the earlier days. ');">⁶</span>

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