Commentary for Menachot 216:27

מיתיבי בית בביתי אני מוכר לך ונפל מראהו נפול עבד בעבדיי אני מוכר לך ומת מראהו מת

An objection was raised: If a man said, 'An ox among my oxen shall be holy', and so, too, if an ox belonging to the Sanctuary was confused with other [unconsecrated oxen], the largest one among them must be holy, and all the others must be sold to be used for burnt-offerings,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For we take into account the possibility of any one of the others being the holy one, thus contrary to R. Nahman who ruled that the expression an ox among my oxen' definitely indicates the largest one.');">³³</span> but the price thereof is free for common use? - This<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ruling that all must be sold for burnt-offerings.');">³⁴</span> refers only to the case where an ox belonging to the Sanctuary was confused with others.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But where a man said, 'An ox among my oxen shall be holy', there is no doubt at all that no other than the largest one was intended.');">³⁵</span> But it says here 'and so too'! - That refers only to the ruling that the largest one [must be holy]. A further objection was raised: If a man said, 'I sell you a house among my houses', and one [of his houses] fell down, he may show him the fallen house;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As the one that was sold.');">³⁶</span> or if he said, 'I sell you a slave among my slaves', and one [of his slaves] died, he may show him the dead slave.

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