Commentary for Bava Batra 48:3
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מאי טעמא אמר עולא משום נויי העיר ותיפוק ליה דאין עושין שדה מגרש ולא מגרש שדה
but if they are small ones, we may argue that passers-by [non-Jews] let them drop. If, however, there are some big ones with them. we can say that the small ones were [merely] used as ballast.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To balance the panniers of the baggage asses. ');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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