Commentary for Avodah Zarah 130:3

והא קא מעבר להו מעברא דקא טרח באיסורא דא"ל למברויא מעיקרא א"נ דנקיטי ביה קיטרי:

But, [it was objected,] he carried them across the ford for them and consequently he labored with what was prohibited! It is case where he instructed the ferryman from the outset [to convey the buyers across]. Or [as an alternative explanation] they carried with them knots (as a signal to the ferryman).

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