Commentary for Bava Batra 37:5
פשיטא דוסד בסיד תנן דאי סלקא דעתך דאו סד בסיד תנן אם כן ליערבינהו וליתנינהו
AND PLASTER THE SIDES. The question was raised: Is the proper reading of the Mishnah 'and plaster' or 'or plaster'? — Obviously 'and plaster' is the proper reading, for if the Mishnah meant to say 'or', then the first two clauses could have been run into one.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., the clause about the pit. etc., and the clause about the olive refuse, etc., where we have 'or cement', the damage there being too slight to require both plastering and removal to a distance, v. Tosaf. 17a. [H] ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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