Commentary for Eruvin 179:6

אמר רב כהנא לאו היינו דרמי בר חמא אמר רב ביבי בר אביי וכי מאחר אתאי ונצאי אכסדרה לא חזיא לדירה וחורבה חזיא לדירה

- Is not this enquiry, R'Kahana asked, identical with that of Rami B'Hama?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who, instead of a ruin that was a karmelith (cf. prev. n.) , spoke of an exedra which was also a karmelith.');">²⁰</span> - Would I', R'Bebai B'Abaye retorted: 'have come with the enquiry of another man merely to create difficulties?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'did I come from another and quarrelled'.');">²¹</span> An exedra is unfit as a dwelling whereas a ruin is fit'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The position of the two, therefore, is not identical, and the one enquiry has no bearing on the other.');">²²</span> But if it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A ruin.');">²³</span> is fit as a dwelling why did he<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Bebai.');">²⁴</span>

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