Commentary for Menachot 217:1

ואמאי ליחזי היידן נפל היידן מת

But why? Let us rather see which [house] it was that fell down, or which [slave] it was that died!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And if it was the best house that fell down or the best slave that died, only then should the purchaser suffer the loss, but not if it was not the best, for according to R. Nahman the terms of the transaction implied that the best was being sold.');">¹</span>

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