Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Kabbalah for Bava Batra 156:9

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> המוכר את החמור מכר את הסיח מכר את הפרה לא מכר את בנה מכר אשפה מכר זבלה מכר בור מכר מימיה מכר כוורת מכר דבורים מכר שובך מכר יונים:

thought the buyer] would require the cow for the sake of its milk, but [in the case of an] ass, what could he have meant [by mentioning 'milch']?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely an ass is not required for milk. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> It must [therefore] be concluded that he [meant] to say, '[I sell you] it [the cow] and its calf'. Why is [the foal] called Sayyah?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] is the term used in the Mishnah for 'foal'. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> Because it follows gentle talk.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' From the root [H] = [H], talk; i.e., the gentle (lit.. the beautiful), the persuasive words of its driver. An older ass must be driven by force. ');"><sup>25</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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