Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Kabbalah for Bava Batra 156:5

[סימן זגם נסן] אמר אביי ר"א ורשב"ג ור' מאיר ורבי נתן וסומכוס ונחום המדי כולהו סבירא להו כי מזבין איניש מידי איהו וכל תשמישתיה מזבין

(Mnemonic <i>ZeGeM NeSeN</i>.)<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This mnemonic is an aid to the memorization of the names of the Rabbis mentioned in the following passage: Z =Eliezer, G = b. Gamaliel, M =Meir, N=Nathan, S =Symmachus, N = Nahum. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> Abaye said: R. Eliezer and R. Simeon b. Gamaliel and R. Meir and R. Nathan and Symmachus and Nahum the Mede are all of the opinion that when a man sells an object he sells it and all its accessories. [As to] R. Eliezer, we learnt: R. Eliezer says: He who sells the building of an olive-press has also sold the beam. [As to] R. Simeon b. Gamaliel, we learnt:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra 67b. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> R. Simeon b. Gamaliel says: He who sells a town has also sold the Santer.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra p. 270. ');"><sup>14</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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