Commentary for Avodah Zarah 113:3
ההוא עובדא דהוה בבירם דההוא עובד כוכבים דהוה קא סליק בדיקלא ואייתי לוליב' בהדי דקא נחית נגע בראשה דלוליבא בחמרא שלא בכוונה שרייה רב לזבוניה לעובדי כוכבים
It happened at Biram that an idolater climbed a palm-tree and took one of its branches. While descending he unintentionally touched a [cask of] wine with the branch. Rav permitted it to be sold to idolaters.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
According to Rav, this wine cannot be drunk by a Jew. But it can be sold to non-Jews. In other words Jews may derive benefit from it. This is a mid-level of prohibition. Generally, wine that has been touched by non-Jews is prohibited to Jews, even from deriving benefit. The reason that the Jew can sell it (derive benefit from it) is that the idolater touched it accidently.
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