Karon

The Mishnah on Bava Batra 77 continues the discussion of what is included in the standard sale of certain objects.  When there is an agreement to sell a karon - wagon or chariot - it does not ordinarily include the peradot, and vice versa.  Most commentaries define the peradot as the animals that pull the wagon (in Hebrew a mule is a pered).  The Rambam explains the peradot as the boards extending from the wagon to which the animals were attached.

(This image was taken from the Hebrew edition of the Steinsaltz Talmud, Tractate Bava Batra, page 333. To order your copy of the Steinsaltz Talmud, click here (Hebrew site), contact your local Jewish bookstore, or e-mail Milta Books at ger@milta.co.il.)