Commentary for Bava Batra 299:8

א"ל רבינא לרב אשי תא שמע הכותב (לעבדו כל נכסיו) יצא בן חורין שייר קרקע כל שהוא לא יצא בן חורין ר' שמעון אומר לעולם הוא בן חורין עד שיאמר כל נכסי נתונין לפלוני עבדי חוץ מאחד מרבוא שבהן

if, however, it is assumed [that] they are like real estate, why are they not included in the sale? — What, then, [is it suggested, that] they are like movables? Why 'even'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Even', suggests that they are not in fact like 'movables'. ');">³⁴</span> All, however, that can be said in reply<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'but what have you to say'. ');">³⁵</span> [is that] movables which [can] move [of themselves]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.c., 'slaves'. ');">³⁶</span> are different from movables that [can] not move;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And this is the reason why 'even' was used. ');">³⁷</span> so also it may be said<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'you may even say'. in relation to the first case. ');">³⁸</span>

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