Kabbalah for Bava Batra 156:2
א"ל רבינא לרב אשי ת"ש מכר את הקרון לא מכר את הפרדות ותני רב תחליפא בר מערבא קמיה דרבי אבהו מכר את הקרון מכר את הפרדות וא"ל והא אנן לא מכר תנן ואמר ליה איסמייה ואמר ליה לא תתרגם מתניתך באדוקים בו
[is concerned with the case] when they are absent from it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the mules are not attached to the waggon. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> the latter part<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Mishnah, supra 78a, dealing with the case of an ass and its equipment. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> also [must be dealing with the case] when they<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The saddle and packsaddle. ');"><sup>5</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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