Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Kabbalah for Bava Batra 156:7

רבי יהודה אומר פעמים מכורין וכו': מאי שנא חמורך זו ומאי שנא חמורך הוא

and the reason, therefore, why he said unto him, 'THIS',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Heb. [H], implies the ass as it stands, viz., with all its equipment. ');"><sup>18</sup></span> [must have been] on account of its equipment. [But when he asked], 'IS THE ASS YOURS?' [he did so] because he was not aware that the ass was his, and this was [the implication of] his inquiry: 'is the ass yours? Sell it to me.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Here, no emphasis was laid on 'this ass' (cf. previous note). The equipment therefore is excluded from the sale. ');"><sup>19</sup></span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. HE WHO SOLD AN ASS HAS [ALSO] SOLD<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Throughout this Mishnah 'also sold' means, 'sold implicitly at the same time'. ');"><sup>20</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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