Commentary for Bava Metzia 61:12

החזירה וברחה החזירה וברחה [וכו']: א"ל ההוא מדרבנן לרבא אימא השב חדא זמנא תשיבם תרי זמני

he [the Tanna] mentions feeding by the way, that it is not a lost animal, and the same applies to [a cow] feeding among the vineyards. He states that if running among the vineyards, it is lost, and the same holds good if it was running on the road. Raba said to him, if 'his companion telleth it of him,' let the lighter aspects be taught, from which the graver ones would follow <i>a fortiori</i>. [Thus:] Let him [the Tanna] teach that if it was running on the road it is considered lost; how much more so if running among the vineyards! And let him teach that when feeding among the vineyards it is not considered lost; how much more so when feeding by the way! — But. said Raba, the two statements on 'running'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the explicit ruling in the second clause, and the implicit ruling in the first. ');">¹¹</span>

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