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וזהו אוצר ששנו חכמים במשנתינו!
Rav Zevid concludes: And this is the case of the storeroom, i.e., the cellar, that A baraita states in the Mishnah. It is clear from this baraita both that it contradicts the suggested addition to the previous baraita, and that the Mishnah concerns a case where one specified which wine cellar he was selling.
אלא מתניתין נמי דאמר ליה ״זה״.
Rather, as indicated by the baraita, the Mishnah also concerns a case where one says to the buyer: I am selling you this particular cellar, and because he specified a particular cellar the buyer accepts upon himself the possibility that up to 10 jugs per 100 might be sour.
קשיא ״זה״ א״זה״!
Having retracted the addition to the first baraita, the Talmud asks: If so, it is difficult to reconcile the first baraita, which rules that if the seller specified that he was selling this cellar, he must provide wine that is all of good quality, with the second baraita, that of Rav Zevid, which rules with regard to the same case, in which the seller specified he was selling this cellar, that the buyer accepts that up to 10 jugs per 100 may contain souring wine.
לא קשיא; הא דאמר ליה למקפה, הא דלא אמר ליה למקפה. דרב זביד – דאמר ליה למקפה, ברייתא – דלא אמר ליה למקפה.
The Talmud answers: This is not difficult. This baraita is referring to a case where the buyer said to him that he needs the wine for cooking, and therefore he requires good-quality wine, whereas that baraita is referring to a case where the buyer did not say to him that he needs the wine for cooking. The Talmud elaborates: The second baraita, taught by Rav Zevid, is referring to a case where the buyer said that he needs the wine for cooking, whereas the first baraita is referring to a case where the buyer did not say to him that he requires it for cooking.