Commentary for Bava Batra 174:8

לימא דשמואל תנאי היא אלא רבה ורב יוסף דאמרי תרוייהו הכא בחנווני מוכר צלוחיות עסקינן ואזדא רבי יהודה לטעמיה ורבנן לטעמייהו

Does this mean that [the decision] of Samuel is [not generally accepted, but is a matter of dispute between] Tannaim?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Judah, who absolves the shopkeeper, disagreeing with Samuel. ');">²⁰</span> [Surely this is not very likely]! — But, said both Rabbah and R. Joseph, [the Mishnah] here [deals] with [the case of] a shopkeeper who sells bottles.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the child was given money by his father to pay for the bottle in which the oil was to be carried. ');">²¹</span> And R. Judah follows his own reasoning,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He absolved the shopkeeper from responsibility for the oil and the isar, because he maintains that the child was sent to bring the things with him. For the same reason he absolves the shopkeeper from responsibility for the bottle. ');">²²</span>

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