Commentary for Bava Batra 199:1

רב אשי אמר כל מן הצד דרך עקלתון היא קרובה לזה ורחוקה לזה

R. Ashi said: Any<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Our Mishnah does not refer to a particular case where a crooked path had been substituted (as R. Mesharsheya suggested), nor is the provision in our Mishnah a case of preventive measures (as R. Zebid maintained), but any path, however good, cannot be placed along the side of a field as a substitute for one which runs through the midst of it. ');">¹</span> path [that runs] along the side [of a field] is crooked, [for] it is near to one and far from another.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Any one living on the farther side of the field. And since a number of people, to whom the substituted path will cause hardship, will object to the change, the abolition of the old path would constitute a robbery of the public, and is therefore prohibited. ');">²</span>

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