Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 5:3
הַמּוֹכֵר אֶת הַחֲמוֹר, מָכַר אֶת הַסְּיָח. מָכַר אֶת הַפָּרָה, לֹא מָכַר אֶת בְּנָהּ. מָכַר אַשְׁפָּה, מָכַר זִבְלָהּ. מָכַר בּוֹר, מָכַר מֵימָיו. מָכַר כַּוֶּרֶת, מָכַר דְּבוֹרִים. מָכַר שׁוֹבָךְ, מָכַר יוֹנִים. הַלּוֹקֵחַ פֵּרוֹת שׁוֹבָךְ מֵחֲבֵרוֹ, מַפְרִיחַ בְּרֵכָה רִאשׁוֹנָה. פֵּרוֹת כַּוֶּרֶת, נוֹטֵל שְׁלֹשָׁה נְחִילִין וּמְסָרֵס. חַלּוֹת דְּבַשׁ, מַנִּיחַ שְׁתֵּי חַלּוֹת. זֵיתִים לָקֹץ, מַנִּיחַ שְׁתֵּי גְרוֹפִיּוֹת:
One who sells an ass has sold its foal. [the Gemara construes this as an instance of one's saying: "I am selling you a nursing ass." For of what avail is the milk of an ass? It must be, then, that his intent is it and its foal.] If he sold a cow, he has not sold her calf. [This, when he says: "I am selling you a nursing cow." For a cow stands (to be sold) for its milk, and this was his intent: "a cow for its milk."] If one sold ashpah [a place three or more handbreadths high or three or more handbreadths deep, used as a dung deposit],he has sold its [i.e., his animals'] dung. If he sold a bor (see 2:1), he has sold its water. [This is an individual opinion, with which the sages differ. The halachah is in accordance with the sages.] If he sold a hive, he has sold the bees. If he sold a dove-cote, he has sold the doves. One who buys the "fruits" of the dove-cote [the fledglings of the entire year] from his neighbor "chases off" the first (breichah) (brood) [and leaves them to the seller. Every two births is called a "breichah." They are left with their mother so that they (the mothers) not fly off.] (One who buys) the "fruits" of a hive [the bees born in the hive during that year] takes three swarms, [the first three leaving the hive, and he places them in his hive. For the first are the best, and the quality progressively diminishes.] And, [after that] he alternates. [That is, he takes one (swarm) and leaves one to the seller to grow and combine with the host to populate the hive; and so, in succession.] (One who buys) honey-combs leaves two [for the nourishment of the bees in the rainy season.] (One who buys) olive trees to cut leaves two shoots [which are then re-planted.]
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