Commentary for Bava Kamma 20:2
מתקיף לה רב פפא והא איכא הא דתניא ה' שישבו על ספסל אחד ולא שברוהו ובא אחד וישב עליו ושברו האחרון חייב ואמר רב פפא כגון פפא בר אבא
R. Papa demurred: Behold there is that case which is taught: 'Five persons were sitting upon one bench and did not break it; when, however, there came along one person more and sat upon it, it broke down; the latter is liable' — supposing him, added R. Papa, to have been as stout as Papa b. Abba.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who was very corpulent, cf. B.M. 84a. [According to Zacuto's Sefer ha-Yuhasin, the reference there is not to R. Papa but to Papa b. Abba] ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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