Commentary for Bava Batra 291:5

אכל תנן שתה מאי הוא תנן שלוחו מאי שם תנן שגר לו מאי

but not [when it was worth] less than a <i>denar</i>. [Is not this] obvious? We have, [surely], learnt, ONE <i>DENAR</i>! — It might have been assumed that the same law [applies] even [to the case where it was worth] less than a <i>denar</i>, and that [the reason] why a <i>denar</i> was mentioned<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'taught'. ');">¹¹</span> [was because that] was the usual cost,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'thing'. ');">¹²</span> hence [it was necessary to] teach us [that we do not say so].

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