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As, whether he bought legumes for a sela or whether he bought legumes for a peruta, the price would have been the same even if he bought in bulk. The Talmud concludes: Learn from here that this is the proper interpretation of the Mishnah.
The Talmud asks about the sale of legumes: What are the circumstances where the price stays the same even if one bought in bulk? If we say that it occurs in a locale where they sell legumes by appraisal of an article’s value, then when he gives the merchant a sela as payment, the seller reduces the
Rav Pappa said: It is referring to a locale where one measures with vessels and to a case where the merchant said to him: Fill each vessel for a peruta. The buyer then receives the product in accordance to how much he pays, and does not pay less if he buys in bulk.
The Talmud suggests: Come and hear a proof from the Mishnah: If her marriage contract was worth 400 dinars, and she sold property to this one for 100 dinars, and she sold property to that one for 100 dinars, and again to a third one, and she sold property to the last one worth 100 dinars and a din
The Talmud answers: It is as Rav Sheisha, son of Rav Idi, said in another context: This is stated with regard to small tracts of land that are geographically separated and do not form one land mass that can be sold as a single unit. Here too, the ruling of the Mishnah is stated with regard to small