Quoting%20commentary for Ketubot 132:6

תנא עסקא רבה ותנא עסקא זוטא וצריכא דאי תנא עסקא רבה דנפיש רווחא אבל עסקא זוטא דזוטר רווחא אימא לא צריכא ואי אשמעינן עסקא זוטא דזוטר זיונא אבל עסקא רבה דנפיש זיונא אימא לא צריכא:

He taught first about a major transaction and then taught about a minor transaction. And [both rulings were] necessary. For had he taught only about a major transaction, it might have been assumed [that it applied to this only] because the profit [it brings in] is large but not to a minor transaction the profit from which is small; [hence it was] necessary [to state the latter]. And had we been informed of that of the minor transaction only it might have been said [to apply to this only] because the expenses are small but not to a large transaction where the expenses are great; [hence it was] necessary [to state the former].

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