Commentary for Bava Kamma 108:21

כלל ופרט וכלל אי אתה דן אלא כעין הפרט מה הפרט מפורש פרי מפרי וגידולי קרקע אף כל פרי מפרי וגידולי קרקע

is a generalisation, and 'thy ox and thy ass' in the second Decalogue is a specification, and [we know that] where a generalisation is followed by a specification, the generalisation does not include anything save what is mentioned in the specification,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 312, n. 1. ');">²⁶</span> [whence it would follow that only] 'ox and ass' are [prohibited]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To work on the Sabbath. ');">²⁷</span>

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