Commentary for Avodah Zarah 106:2

וצריכא דאי תנא לוה עליה מדלא זבנה לא בטלה אבל נפלה עליה מפולת מדלא קא מפני לה אימא בטולי בטלה צריכא

It was necessary [to cite all these circumstances]. For if it had taught only the case where he borrowed money against it, from the fact that he had not sold it [it follows that] he had not annulled it; but if an avalanche fell on it, since he did not clear it away, I might say that he had annulled it! Therefore it was necessary.

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