Commentary for Bava Metzia 17:16

ת"ש ר' אליעזר אומר רכוב בשדה ומנהיג בעיר קנה הכא נמי מנהיג ברגליו אי הכי היינו מנהיג תרי גווני מנהיג

[and] the reason is that he [who holds the reins] can pull them violently and bring [the other end also] to himself.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The person that holds the other end of the reins could, by violent pulling, remove also the end that is attached to the head of the ass, as owing to the elevated position of the ass's head it would be easy to pull off the halter with the reins by one sharp tug. ');">¹⁵</span>

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