Commentary for Eruvin 74:7

האי סלע חדשה ה"ד אי דאיכא תרתי תלת דיש ברירה היינו קמייתא אלא דליכא אלא חדא מאי תעלה

If there are two or three [other new sela's in his purse] so that selection is possible<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The last five words are omitted from Bomb. ed.');">¹⁹</span> then this case is exactly identical with the first one.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where an ordinary sela' was spoken of. As R. Jose ruled in the first case (according to the reversed version) that the tithe is not redeemed because it is impossible to ascertain which particular sela' the man had originally in his mind, so he should have ruled in the latter case also where it is equally impossible to ascertain which of the two or three new coins the man had originally in mind.');">²⁰</span> If, however, there was only one, what [sense is there in the expression,] 'That would happen to come?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' None other, surely, could possibly come.');">²¹</span> - As in the first clause it was taught: 'That would happen to come', it was taught in the final clause also, 'That would happen to come'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the sake of parallelism.');">²²</span>

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