Commentary for Bava Batra 173:8

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> הא מדה דמאן אילימא מדה דלוקח עד שלא נתמלאת מדה למוכר מדה דלוקח היא ואלא מדה דמוכר משנתמלאת מדה ללוקח מדה דמוכר היא

IS THE MIDDLEMAN'S. [A SELLER] MUST [IN FAVOUR OF THE BUYER] ALLOW THREE DROPS TO FALL [FROM THE SIDES OF HIS VESSEL INTO THAT OF THE BUYER AFTER THE LIQUID HAS BEEN POURED OUT]. IF HE INCLINED THE VESSEL [AFTER THE THREE DROPS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO FALL]. THE ACCUMULATION OF THE REMNANTS [FROM ITS SIDES] BELONGS TO THE SELLER.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So Rashb. Jastrow, on the basis of a variant reading. renders, 'If he bent the vessel and drained it.' ');">²⁰</span> A SHOPKEEPER<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who has to attend to his customers and is pressed for time. ');">²¹</span> IS NOT OBLIGED TO ALLOW THE THREE DROPS TO FALL. R. JUDAH SAID: ON SABBATH EVE TOWARDS DUSK ONE IS EXEMPT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Gemara explains this. ');">²²</span>

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