Commentary for Avodah Zarah 121:7

פסיק רישיה פליגי בה רב אחא ורבינא חד אסר וחד שרי מאן דאסר למה ליה דסליק התם ומאן דשרי זימנא דאבדה ליה בהמה וסליק לעיוני בתרה:

If the top [of the date-palm] had been cut off: R. Aha and Rabina disagree, one prohibits [the wine] and the other permits it. He who prohibits it assumes that the owner will have no reason to climb it; and the one who permits it thinks that it could happen that [the Israelite's] beast will become lost and he will climb it to look for it.

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