Commentary for Berakhot 46:13
הכי קאמר הא מילתא תיתי לה בתורת טעמא ולא תיתי לה בק"ו דאי אתיא לה בתורת ק"ו זהו ק"ו שאין עליו תשובה:
But this is what he means to say : This question [of carrying Tefillin in a regular privy but not a chance one] thou mayest argue with a reason; but thou must not argue it by means of a fortiori deduction, for if thou usest this method of argument, it is an argument which cannot be refuted.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Viz. the probability of soiling the hand with urine.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
As follows: An occasional privy is not to be treated as strictly as a regular one; if then we are permitted to hold the Tefillin in the latter, how much more so in the former! This is irrefutable as an argument, but it nevertheless leads to a wrong conclusion. We have consequently to base our position on the practical consideration of the possibility of soiling the hand.
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