Commentary for Bava Kamma 127:16

מה יש לך להביא שאר ב"ח כשהוא אומר חיים הרי חיים אמור הא מה אני מקיים גניבה לרבות כל דבר אם המצא תמצא ל"ל

— If so, I might say that just as the specification mentions an object which is eligible to be sacrificed upon the altar, so also any object eligible to be sacrificed upon the altar is [included]. What does this enable you to include? Sheep.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 370, n. 7. ');">¹⁵</span> But when the text continues 'sheep', we have sheep explicitly stated. What then am I to make of 'theft'? It must be to include any object. [If that is so] should Scripture not have mentioned only 'theft', 'ox', 'sheep' and 'alive' since everything would have then been included?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why indeed this emphasis on the verb 'found'? ');">¹⁴</span> — If so, I might still say that just as the specification mentions an object which is subject to the sanctity of first birth, so also any object which is subject to the sanctity of first birth [should be included]. What does this enable you to include? Ass. But when the text continues 'ass', we have ass explicitly stated. What then am I to make of 'theft'? It must be to include any object. [But in that case] should Scripture not have mentioned only 'theft', 'ox', 'sheep', 'ass' and 'alive', since everything would have then been included?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Why indeed this emphasis on the verb 'found'? ');">¹⁴</span> — If so I might still say that just as the specification mentions objects possessing life, so also any other object possessing life [should be included]. What does this enable you to include? All other objects possessing life. But when the text continues 'alive', objects possessing life are explicitly stated. What then am I to make of 'theft'? [It must be] to include any other object whatsoever. And if so, why do I require the words 'if to be found it be found'?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. note 2. This concludes the argument of the School of Hezekiah. ');">¹⁶</span>

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