Commentary for Eruvin 55:5

ומאן דממעט עופות קסבר כללא קמא דווקא כלל ופרט ואין בכלל אלא מה שבפרט הני אין מידי אחרינא לא ואהני כללא בתרא לרבויי כל דדמי ליה משלשה צדדין:

and on what ground does the other exclude them? - He who includes birds' is of the opinion that the second<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'last'.');">¹⁴</span> generalization<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In a law that is given in the form of a generalization, specification and generalization.');">¹⁵</span> is for principal [consideration]; hence [the proposition]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the generalization, specification and generalization.');">¹⁶</span> is in [the form of] 'a specification and a generalization' [in which case] the generalization is regarded as an addition to the specification so that all things are thereby included,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. P.B., p. 13.');">¹⁷</span>

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