Commentary for Avodah Zarah 106:3
ואי תנא נפלה עליה מפולת משום דסבר הא מנחת כל אימת דבעינא לה שקילנא לה אבל גנבוה לסטים מדלא קא מהדר אבתרה בטולי בטלה צריכא
If it had taught the case where an avalanche fell on it, because he reasoned that [the idol] is lying there and whenever I want it I can take it [he did not annul it]; but in the case where robbers stole it, from the fact that he does not go searching for it [it might be assumed] that he had annulled it! Therefore it was necessary.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
We might have thought that when it came to the avalanche he did not annul it because he knows where it is. All he has to do is clear the rocks and get it. But when it comes to the robbers, he does not know where it is, so we might have thought that in this case he did annul it.
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