Commentary for Avodah Zarah 122:9
רב יהודה אמר זעירי להקל והכי קאמר ת"ק כשם שברשותו אסור כך ברשות עובד כוכבים אחר נמי אסור וחיישינן לגומלין
Rav Judah said in the name of Ze'iri: He made it lenient. And this is what the first Tanna said: Just as [the wine] in his (the non-Jew’s) domain is prohibited, so too it is prohibited in the domain of any other non-Jew and we are concerned about collusion.\
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
According to R. Judah, R. Shimon b. Elazar is more lenient. According to the first opinion, the non-Jew who owns the wine might open up the jug even if it is in the domain of another non-Jew. He might say to his fellow, “If you don’t tell the Jew that I opened the wine kept in your domain, I won’t tell on you in in a similar situation.” But R. Shimon says we are not concerned about such collusion. If the wine is in the domain of another non-Jew the non-Jew who owns it will not open it.
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