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The general assumption of our Mishnah is that everything that is permanently attached to a building is included in a standard sale, while removable objects are not.
The Mishna on today’s daf teaches that when someone sells a house, things like the oven (tanur ve-kirayim) are not included in the sale. Similarly only the permanently connected parts of a domestic mill for grinding flour are included in the sale (the itzterobil); the moveable parts (the kelet) are not.
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