Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 299:5

פשיטא אמר מטלטלי לפלניא כל מאני תשמישתיה קני לבר מחטי ושערי כל מטלטלי לפלניא אפי' חטי ושערי ואפילו ריחים העליונה קנה לבר מריחים התחתונה כל דמטלטל אפי' ריחים התחתונה קני

Rab replied: A [total of a] <i>maneh</i> and a half, provided each supplies [no less than] a fifth [of the total quantity]!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which shows, contrary to R. Joseph's argument, that even where the expression, 'any (quantity) whatsoever' is used, a minimum is required ');">²⁰</span> — There, [R. Joseph retorted], it would have been proper that [the expression] 'any [quantity] whatsoever' should not have been used [at all]; only because the first Tanna speaks<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'said'. ');">²¹</span> of a large quantity.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A maneh and a half per ewe. ');">²²</span> [the Sages] also speak<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'said'. ');">²¹</span> of a small quantity,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A fifth of the first Tanna's quantity. ');">²³</span>

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