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במרוקא. ״למקניא״ – לאפוקי מדלוי, דאמר בכליו של מקנה, קא משמע לן ״למקניא״ ולא ״ל[א]קנויי״. ״ביה״ – רב פפא אמר: למעוטי מטבע. ורב זביד, ואיתימא רב אשי אמר: למעוטי איסורי הנאה.
with date pits used for cleaning and smoothing parchment. The term to acquire items serves to exclude the opinion of Levi, who says that the symbolic exchange is effected by means of the vessels of the one transferring ownership of the item. This latter expression teaches us that the vessel is given to acquire and not to transfer ownership to the other. With regard to the term: With it, Rav Pappa said: It serves to exclude a coin, which cannot effect a symbolic exchange. And Rav Zevid, and some say Rav Ashi, said: It serves to exclude items from which deriving benefit is prohibited.
איכא דאמרי: ״ביה״ – אמר רב פפא: למעוטי מטבע. ״דכשר״ – אמר רב זביד, ואיתימא רב אשי: למעוטי איסורי הנאה. אבל מוריקא לא אצטריך.
Some say a different version of the dispute, as follows. With regard to the term: With it, Rav Pappa said: It serves to exclude a coin, which cannot effect a symbolic exchange. With regard to the term: That is fit, Rav Zevid, and some say Rav Ashi, said: It serves to exclude items from which deriving benefit is prohibited. But according to this version, a verse to exclude date pits is not necessary, as they are of no significance at all.
אסימון קונה את המטבע וכו׳. מאי ״אסימון״? אמר רב: מעות הניתנות בסימן לבית המרחץ.
§ The Talmud returns to an analysis of a passage in the Mishnah. When one party takes possession of an asimon, the other party acquires the minted coin. The Talmud asks: What is an asimon? Rav said: It is one of the coins given as a token to gain entry into the bathhouse, for which the bathers would pay later.
מיתיבי: אין מחללין מעשר שני על אסימון ולא על מעות הניתנות בסימן לבית המרחץ. מכלל דאסימון לאו מעות הניתנות בסימן לבית המרחץ! וכי תימא פרושי קמפרש – והא לא תנא הכי: מחללין מעשר שני על אסימון, דברי רבי דוסא. וחכמים אומרים: אין מחללין. ושוין שאין מחללין על מעות הניתנות בסימן לבית המרחץ!
The Talmud raises an objection from a baraita: One desacralizes second-tithe produce neither with an asimon nor with one of the coins given as a token to gain entry into the bathhouse. This proves by inference that an asimon is not one of the coins given as tokens in a bathhouse. And if you would say the tanna is explaining the meaning of the term asimon, there is a difficulty with that explanation. But wasn’t it taught in another baraita like this: One desacralizes second-tithe produce with an asimon; this is the statement of R' Dosa. And the Rabbis say: One does not desacralize second-tithe produce with an asimon. And they agree that one does not desacralize the second-tithe produce by transferring its sanctity onto one of the coins given as a token to gain entry into the bathhouse. It is clear from this baraita that an asimon is not a token given in a bathhouse.