Commentary for Bava Kamma 20:3

היכי דמי אילימא דבלאו איהו לא איתבר פשיטא אלא דבלאו איהו נמי איתבר מאי קעביד

But under what circumstances? If without him the bench would not have broken, is it not obvious [that he is totally to blame]? If, on the other hand, without him it would also have broken, what, if anything at all, has he perpetrated? Be this as it may, how can the Baraitha be justified? — It could hold good when, without the newcomer, the bench would have broken after two hours, whereas now it broke in one hour. They<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the five persons that had previously been sitting upon the bench. ');">²</span>

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