Commentary for Eruvin 155:17
אמר רבה אמר רבי חייא דקלים שבבבל אינן צריכין קבע מאי טעמא כבידן קובעתן
Rab stated: That a ladder in a vertical position effects a reduction is a tradition but I do not know the reason for it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. why should a ladder in such a position, in which one can hardly climb upon it, effect a reduction?');"><sup>41</sup></span> 'Does not Abba',<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. Rab. His proper name was Abba while Rab ('Master') was a title of distinction he earned as the foremost Master of his time.');"><sup>42</sup></span> Samuel said to him,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Samuel was merely explaining the tradition. He himself, as stated supra by Rab Judah, requires a standing ladder of fourteen handbreadths.');"><sup>43</sup></span>
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