Commentary for Bava Batra 51:2
דבי בר מריון בריה דרבין כי הוה נפצי כיתנא הוה אזלא רקתא ומזקא אינשי אתו לקמיה דרבינא אמר להו כי אמרינן מודה ר' יוסי בגירי דיליה הני מילי דקא אזלא מכחו הכא זיקא הוא דקא ממטי לה
When the people in the house of Bar Marion the son of Rabin used to beat flax, the dust used to fly about and annoy people. They appealed to Rabina. He said to them: When we say that R. Jose admits that a man is responsible for damage of which he is the cause, this applies only to the case where he himself sets the cause of the damage in motion. Here it is the wind which carries the dust about, [and therefore they are not liable]. Mar, son of R. Ashi, strongly objected to this, saying: How do these man differ from a man winnowing [on Sabbath] when the wind carries the chaff further?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If a man winnows on Sabbath and the wind carries the chaff more than four cubits, he breaks the law regarding throwing on Sabbath. ');"><sup>2</sup></span>
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