Commentary for Bava Batra 47:8

והא רבא הוא דקאמר רוב ומצוי ליכא למ"ד הדר ביה רבא מההיא

because the case of the woman here is analogous to the case where the town gates are closed,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the fact that there is only one 'majority'. viz. that the 'majority' of blood emanates from the source; v. Keth. 15a. ');">¹¹</span> and even so we decide on the ground of 'majority'. But was it not Raba himself who said that where 'majority' and 'frequency' were combined no one questioned that they carried more weight than 'nearness' [whereas here he says that 'majority' itself carries more weight]? — Raba retracted the objection he then made to Abaye.

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