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במה דברים אמורים – שנתן לו דמי כולן, אבל לא נתן לו דמי כולן – לא קנה אלא כנגד מעותיו. מסייע ליה לשמואל, דאמר שמואל: מכר לו עשר שדות בעשר מדינות, כיון שהחזיק באחת מהן – קנה את כולן.
In what case is this statement said? It is said in a case when he gave him money for all of the land. But if he did not give him money for all of it, he acquires only the land corresponding to the money that he paid, in accordance with the opinion of Rava. The Talmud comments: The baraita supports the opinion of Shmuel, as Shmuel says: If one sold another 10 fields in 10 countries, once he takes possession of one of them he acquires all of them.
אמר רב אחא בריה דרב איקא: תדע, שאילו מסר לו עשר בהמות באפסר אחד ואמר ליה ״קני״ – מי לא קני? אמר ליה: מי דמי? התם איגודו בידו, הכא אין איגודו בידו.
Rav Aḥa, son of Rav Ika, said: Know that this is true, as, if he handed him 10 animals with one bridle [afsar] and said to him: Acquire them, doesn’t he acquire all of them? In this case, too, they are considered like one field. A Sage said to Rav Aḥa, son of Rav Ika: Is it comparable? There, its bond, i.e., the bridle that joins the animals, is in his hand. Here, in the case of 10 fields, its bond is not in his hand.
איכא דאמרי: אמר רב אחא בריה דרב איקא: תדע דלא קני, אילו מסר לו עשר בהמות באפסר אחד ואמר לו ״זו קני״ – מי קני?
There are those who say that Rav Aḥa, son of Rav Ika, said: Know that he does not acquire all of the fields by taking possession of only one field, as, if one passed to him 10 animals with one bridle and said to him: Acquire this one, does he acquire all of them? The same applies here when he takes possession of only one field; it is as though he said to him: Acquire this one, and therefore he does not acquire the other fields in this manner.