One who sells a house [("house," unqualified)] has sold the door, [all fixed house appurtenances being subsumed under "house"], but not the key, [it being movable]. He has sold the mortar fixed [in the ground], but not the movable one. He has sold the itztrobel [a circular fixed wooden base on which the mill is placed], but not the keleth [the movable hopper placed around the mill to receive the ground meal, so that it not fall to the ground.] And (he has) not (sold) the oven or the stove, [for they are movable. There are versions which read: "He has sold the oven and the stove." The "oven and the stove" there are of the kind that are fixed in the ground.] If he said to him: ("I sell you) it (the house) and all that is in it," all is sold [i.e., all of these (aforementioned) household appurtenances; but other appurtenances are not sold. Even if he said: "and all that is in it," only household appurtenances, such as key, keleth, and the like, are subsumed therein.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Batra
המוכר את הבית – undefined.
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Introduction
Mishnah three continues to discuss what parts of the house are sold with a house when the house is sold without specification as to what is being sold. Mishnah four discusses what parts of a courtyard are sold, also when specification is lacking.
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מכר את הדלת – because all of the fixed implements of the house are included in the house.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bava Batra
If a man sold a house he has sold also the door, but not the key. He has sold a permanent mortar but not a movable one. He has sold the convex millstone (the lower, usually fixed but not the concave one. Nor [has he sold] the oven or the stove. But if he had said: “[I am selling to you] the house and all that is in it, these are also sold.” The mishnah lists the things that are permanent parts of the house and therefore are sold as part of the house even though not specified in the sale. The door is a permanent part of the house and therefore it is sold with the house. The key is not a part of the house and hence, is not part of the house. A permanent mortar, used for crushing, is part of the house but a movable one is not. The millstone fixed to the ground is part of the house but the movable, top millstone is not. Nor are ovens and stoves part of the house. Finally the mishnah clarifies that if the seller had specified that he is selling all that is in the house, all of these things are also including.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Bava Batra
אבל לא את המפתח – because it is something movable.
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המכתשת – that is fixed in the ground.
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האיצטרובל – a circle of wood that they place the millstone on it and it is fixed.
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הקלת – the hopper/grain-receiver (on top of the millstone) that they make around the millstone to receive the ground flour that it will not fall to the ground and it is movable.
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ולא את התנור ולא את הכירים – for they are movables. And there are books which have the textual reading:"מכר תנור, מכר כירים"/if he sold the oven, he sold the double-stove also and it is speaking of something permanent and attached to the ground.
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הרי כולם מכורים – all of these are implements of the house, but the rest of kinds of utensils are not sold, even if he (i.e., the seller) stated: “and everything that is inside it” – he did not include other than implements unique to the house like a key and a hopper/grain-receiver and things like that.
