Bava Batra 68A

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בימות החמה ובימות הגשמים, ולא בית כינוס העצים. ואם אמר לו: ״בית המרחץ וכל תשמישיו אני מוכר לך״⁠ – כולן מכורין.

in the summer season or in the winter, nor has he sold him the storeroom for the wood. But if the seller says to the buyer: I am selling you the bathhouse and all of its accompaniments, all these components are sold.

ההוא דאמר ליה לחבריה: ״בית הבד וכל תשמישיו אני מוכר לך״. הויא הנהו חנואתא אבראי, דהוו שטחו בהו שומשמי. אתא לקמיה דרב יוסף,

The Talmud relates: There was a certain person who said to another: I am selling you this olive press and all of its accompaniments. There were certain stores outside of the olive press, where, in addition to the ordinary services that these stores provided, sesame seeds would also be spread out to dry before they would be pressed for their oil. The seller and the buyer disagreed about whether these stores were included in the sale, and the buyer came before Rav Yosef, presenting him with his claim to ownership of the stores.

אמר ליה: תנינא, אם אמר: ״בית המרחץ וכל תשמישיו אני מוכר לך״⁠ – הרי כולן מכורין. אמר ליה אביי, והא תני רבי חייא: אין כולן מכורין! אלא אמר רב אשי: חזינן ⁠– אי אמר ליה: ״בית הבד וכל תשמישיו, ואלין מצרנהא״⁠ – קני, ואי לא ⁠– לא קני.

Rav Yosef said to him: We learned in the previously cited baraita that if the seller says to the buyer: I am selling you the bathhouse and all of its accompaniments, all these components are sold. Rav Yosef held that in this case too, the disputed stores were sold. Abaye said to Rav Yosef: But didn’t R' Ḥiyya teach in a baraita: They are not all sold? Rather, the issue should be resolved as Rav Ashi said: We consider the seller’s statement, and if he said to the buyer: I am selling you the olive press and all of its accompaniments, and these are its boundaries, and he included the area of the stores within those boundaries, the buyer has acquired those stores, but if the seller does not say this, he has not acquired them, as they are not actually part of the olive press.

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