Commentary for Menachot 216:25

מיתיבי שור בשוורי הקדש וכן שור של הקדש שנתערב באחרים הגדול שבהן הקדש וכולם ימכרו לצרכי עולות ודמיהן חולין

but if he said, 'An ox among my oxen shall be holy', then the largest among them is holy, for he meant thereby: the [finest] ox among my oxen.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For so is the superlative degree expressed in Hebrew; cf. 'the song of songs', the finest song, , the holy of holies', the most holy. vhhkg');">²⁹</span> But surely this is not right, for R'Huna B'Hiyya said in the name of 'Ulla, If a man said to his fellow, 'I sell you a house among my houses', he may show him an attic ['aliyyah]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the subject matter of the sale. Heb. , 'an upper room, an attic'.');">³⁰</span>

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