Jewish%20thought for Bava Batra 158:7

ודין הדיוט לא והתנן מכר בור מכר מימיו אמר רבא מתני' יחידאה היא דתניא מכר בור לא מכר מימיו ר' נתן אומר מכר בור מכר מימיו:

As [in the case of] ordinary<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As opposed to sacred or divine. ');">¹³</span> law one can Say: 'I sold you a cistern, I did not sell you water so [in the case of] the law concerning sacred things [one can say]: 'I dedicated the cistern, I did not dedicate the water'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore he holds that where there was water in the cistern the water is not included in the dedication. ');">¹⁴</span> But [can it be said that in] the ordinary law [the water is] not [implicitly sold]? Surely we learnt: He who sold a cistern has also sold its water!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 78b. ');">¹⁵</span> Raba replied: This Mishnah represents an individual opinion;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The opinion of R. Nathan who is in opposition to the accepted opinion expressed in the first clause of the following Baraitha. ');">¹⁶</span> for it has been taught: He who sold a cistern has not sold its water. R. Nathan said: He who sold a cistern has sold its water.

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