Commentary for Bava Batra 50:15

וכמה

Papi Yona'ah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Perhaps 'of Yawan', i.e. Greece. ');">²⁴</span> was a poor man who made some money and built a country house. There were in his neighbourhood some sesame-oil makers who, when they crushed the sesame seeds, used to make his villa shake. He appealed against them to R. Ashi,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'He came before R. Ashi.' ');">²⁵</span> who said to him: When we studied with R. Kahana, we used to say that R. Jose admits that a man is responsible for the damage of which he is the cause.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore you are entitled to stop them. ');">²⁶</span> How much

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