Commentary for Pesachim 12:10
אי הכי אפילו בתרי ענייני נמי הניחא למאן דאמר כלל ופרט המרוחקין זה מזה אין דנין אותו בכלל ופרט שפיר אלא למאן דאמר דנין מאי איכא למימר
R'Papa observed: This was said only of two subjects; but in the same subject what is earlier is earlier and what is later is later. For should you not say thus, [how, then, apply the principle that] when a general proposition is followed by a particular specification the general proposition comprises only what is contained in the particular specification; perhaps it is a particular specification followed by a general proposition! Moreover, [it is a principle that] when a particular specification is followed by a general proposition, the generalizatio becomes an addition to the specification,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So as to include all things implied in the generalization.');"><sup>12</sup></span>
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