Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Kabbalah for Bava Batra 156:4

אדרבה אימא רישא אבל לא מכר לא את העבדים ולא את האנתיקי ואמרינן מאי אנתיקי אמר רב פפא עיסקא דבגוה ומדרישא בעודן עליו סיפא נמי בעודן עליו אלא תנא מילי מילי קתני

Now, since the first part [deals with the case] when it [the merchandise] is in it [the ship], the latter part<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Mishnah, supra 78a. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> also [must deal with a similar case, which is] when it [the equipment] is upon it [the ass]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But this assumption is in direct contradiction to the previous assumption; which is impossible! ');"><sup>10</sup></span> But [the only way out of the difficulty is to conclude that] the Tanna dealt with different cases in the different parts of the Mishnah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H], 'words, words'. ');"><sup>11</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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