Commentary for Eruvin 49:14

אמר רב חסדא ומודה לי רב ששת שאם עשה מחיצה על התל שהועיל

was smeared with plaster and [the layer is so thick that it] can stand by itself it constitutes reduction; where it cannot stand by itself it [nevertheless], said Rabbah, constitutes a reduction, but Raba maintained: It does not constitute a reduction. Rabbah said that it constituted a reduction because now at any rate it stands.

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