Commentary for Eruvin 175:6

איכא דאמרי אמר רבה בר רב הונא לא תימא למלאות הוא דשרי לשפוך אסור אלא לשפוך נמי שרי אמר רב שיזבי פשיטא היינו עוקה מהו דתימא הני תיימי והני לא תיימי קמ"ל:

while in the former they are not absorbed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that any drop of water poured into it would inevitably flow beyond the partitions.');">¹³</span> Others say that Rabbah son of R'Huna explained: Do not say: It is only permitted to draw water but that it is forbidden to pour water down; since in fact it is also permitted to pour it down. Is not this, R'Shezbi asked, obvious, seeing that it is essentially identical with the case of the trough?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra n. 1.');">¹⁴</span>

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