Commentary for Avodah Zarah 84:9
ורבי אבהו א"ר יוחנן מאי יתיז יתיז באפרוחין
But R. Abahu said in the name of R. Yohanan: What does it mean “he knocks off”? He knocks [the nest down] to get the young birds.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
Abahu explains the baraita in an entirely different way so that it is not a difficulty on R. Yohanan. When the baraita says, “[If the nest was made] on top of an Asherah, he may knock it off with a stick” it does not mean that he may use the sticks. He may not. He is knocking the next off only to get the birds, not the sticks.
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