Commentary for Bava Batra 54:19

רבי יוחנן אמר אפילו תימא רבנן התם זימנין דמפחית ולאו אדעתיה אבל הכא קמא קמא קא קייץ ליה:

<b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Who is the Tanna [of the Mishnah] who rules that in [making regulations to prevent] damage we consider only conditions as they are at present [and not as they are likely to become in the future]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., seeing that the branches will grow again, why not have the whole tree cut down? ');">¹⁶</span>

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