Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Kiddushin 50:4

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> דרש רב בקימחוניא בהמה גסה נקנית במשיכה אשכחינהו שמואל לתלמידי דרב אמר להו מי אמר רב בהמה גסה נקנית במשיכה והאנן במסירה תנן ורב נמי במסירה אמר הדר ביה מההיא הוא דאמר כי האי תנא דתניא וחכ"א זו וזו נקנית במשיכה רבי שמעון אומר זו וזו בהגבהה

BY LIFTING: THIS IS THE OPINION OF R'MEIR AND R'ELIEZER.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So the reading in cur. edd. S. Strashun and Alfasi read Eleazar, the reference being to R. Eleazar h. Shammua', a contemporary of R. Meir.');"><sup>10</sup></span> BUT THE SAGES RULE: SMALL CATTLE ARE ACQUIRED BY MESHIKAH. <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Rab lectured in Kimhunia:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Neubauer, Geographie, p. 397 identifies Kimhunia with Gamach, a town in upper Armenia; Obermeyer, op. cir. p. 296, (v. also n. 4. a.l.) rejects this identification and places it in the vicinity of Sura.');"><sup>11</sup></span> Large cattle are acquired by meshikah.

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

Meshikhah is pulling the animal towards oneself, or causing it to come to oneself by calling it. Rav seems to state that large cattle are acquired by meshikhah. However, other statements, including one by Rav himself, say that large cattle are acquired by mesirah, which involves taking the reins of the animal.
I should note that the relationship between meshikhah and mesirah is disputed. Rashi holds that mesirah is a more effective method of acquisition, and therefore one who holds that the animal is acquired through mesirah would hold that it is not acquired through meshikhah, the less effective manner. But the Tosafot hold the opposite—meshikhah is more effective.
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Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

Rav rules according to a different position. Both large and small cattle (goats and sheep) are acquired by meshikhah. According to Rashi this would mean even by meshikhah, all the more so by mesirah. R. Shimon holds that both are acquired by lifting.
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