One who sells an olive press has sold the yam [the stone in which the olives are placed for grinding], the memel [the upper millstone, with which the olives are crushed], and the bethuloth [the cedar posts supporting the beams in the olive press], but he has not sold the achirin [the heavy boards placed on the sacks in which the crushed olives are placed in order to preserve them], the wheel [by which the stone is rolled to press upon the crushed olives and extract their oil], and the beam. And if he said to him: "It and all that is in it," all is sold. R. Eliezer says: One who sells an olive press has sold the beam.
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מכר את הים – the stone that they place the olives into at the time of their grinding.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bava Batra
Introduction
The mishnah which we will learn today continues to discuss which things are included in certain sales.
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ממל – The upper millstone where they crush the olives.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Bava Batra
If a man sold an olive press he has sold also the vat, the grindstone, and the posts, but he has not sold the pressing-boards, the wheel or the beam. But if he had said: “It and all that is in it”, all these are sold also. Rabbi Eliezer said: “If a man sold an olive press he has sold the beam also.” We learn in this mishnah that when a man sells an olive press without specifying which parts of the olive press he is selling, he has sold only the parts that are fixed in their place. These include the vat used to collect the oil, the grindstone used to crush the olives and the posts used to prop up the beam that would press the olives. The parts of the press that are not fixed in place, namely the pressing-boards, placed on top of the sacks of crushed olives, the wheel, used to lift the beam, and the beam, used to exert pressure on the olives, are all not sold with the olive press. If, however, he had stated that he was selling the press and all that was in it, than he has sold the pressing-boards, the wheel and the beam as well. Rabbi Eliezer disagrees with the first clause. According to him when one sells an olive press one sells the beam, even though it is not fixed. Since the beam is the most important part of the press, it is assumed that it is sold along with it.
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הבתולות – cedar beams/poles supporting the traverse press beam (see Talmud Bava Batra 67b)of the olive press.
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עבירין – heavy planed boards that they place on the אמתחות – which they place on the pounded olives in order to pickle them.
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הגלגל – when the stone revolves and puts heavy weight on the pounded olives to remove their oils.
