Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Kabbalah for Bava Batra 156:1

מלתא אחריתי קאמר

speaks of a different case.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' While the dispute between the first Tanna and Nahum the Mede may still relate to the case when the ass does not wear its equipment and both of them may be in agreement in the case when the ass does wear it, R. Judah may yet differ from them and hold that the equipment. even if worn by the ass, is sometimes not included in the sale. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> Rabina said to R. Ashi: Come and hear! [We learnt:] He who sold a waggon has not sold the mules.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Mishnah, supra 77b. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> And R. Tahlifa the Palestinian recited in the presence of R. Abbahu: He who sold the waggon has sold the mules; and [the master] said unto him: Surely we have learned that he has not sold! And he replied. Shall I cancel it? And [the master] said to him: No; your teaching may be interpreted [as dealing with the case] where [the mules] were harnessed to it. From this it must be inferred that the Mishnah [speaks of the case] where [the mules] are not harnessed [to the waggon]; and since the first part<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Mishnah, supra 77b. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>

Derech Etz Chayim (Ramchal)

If man was mindful of this knowledge sinners wouldn't exist, temptation wouldn't even wield power, similar to its irrelevance to angels. G-d wanted man to conquer or to be conquered via temptation and his subsequent choices, and therefore gave us this knowledge that remains latent as a flame is within a coal. Our sages of blessed memory have said (Bava Batra 78b): "Wherefore they who speak in similes (Hamoshlim) say, Come to Ḥeshbon..."(Bamidbar 21:27), 'Hamoshlim' (who speak in similies) - refers to those that control their inclination, "Bo'oo Heshbon (Come to Heshbon) - Come and let us calculate the account (heshbono) of the world! Those that do not conrtol their inclination will never prioritize this - However, those that do control their inclination will practice this and teach others to act as well.
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