Commentary for Bava Metzia 17:18
אמר ליה רב אשי לרב כהנא אלא מעתה הגביה ארנקי בשבת שאין דרכן של בני אדם להגביה ארנקי בשבת הכי נמי דלא קני אלא מאי דעבד עבד וקני הכא נמי מאי דעבד עבד וקני
[We must] therefore [say that] the view of R. Abbahu is a mistake.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The word used in describing R. Abbahu's error occurs in several places in the Talmud. It is regarded as a courteous substitute for other terms which might be used in refuting wrong decisions, but which would appear derogatory to the dignity of the Rabbis who committed the error. The term is associated with the word [H], meaning something external, which does not fit in, and which is therefore rejected. In other places, however, (such as Pes. 11a; B.B. 145a) the rendering is [H], an invention, an unfounded assertion. ');"><sup>17</sup></span>
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