Commentary for Bava Metzia 87:11

(זה הכלל) כל המטלטלים קונין זה את זה כיצד משך הימנו פירות ולא נתן לו מעות אינו יכול לחזור בו נתן לו מעות ולא משך הימנו פירות יכול לחזור בו

<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. GOLD ACQUIRES SILVER, BUT SILVER DOES NOT ACQUIRE GOLD; COPPER ACQUIRES SILVER, BUT SILVER DOES NOT ACQUIRE COPPER; CANCELLED COINS ACQUIRE CURRENT ONES, BUT CURRENT COINS DO NOT ACQUIRE CANCELLED COINS; UNCOINED METAL ACQUIRES COINED, BUT COINED METAL DOES NOT ACQUIRE UNCOINED METAL; MOVABLES ACQUIRE COINS, BUT COINS DO NOT ACQUIRE MOVABLES. THIS IS THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is rightly omitted in Alfasi and Asheri, since the passage that follows does not summarize the principle upon which the foregoing is based. ');">¹⁰</span>

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