Commentary for Eruvin 5:8

רב נחמן בר יצחק אמר בלא רב מתנייתא אהדדי לא קשיין לרבנן קורה טעמא מאי משום היכרא והאי דקתני יתר מפתחו של היכל סימנא בעלמא

so also [the reply to the contradiction] against me may be [that our respective statements are the views of different] Tannas. R'Nahman B'Isaac said: In the absence of [the statement of] Rab<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. if Rab had not suggested that the Rabbis in the first Baraitha derived their measurement from the door of the Hekal.');">¹⁷</span> there is no contradiction between the [two] Baraithas, since the reason of the Rabbis [for limiting the height of] the beam, [may be] that there should be a distinguishing mark<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Between the alley and the public domain into which it opens. At a height of more than twenty cubits the beam would not be noticed and people might mistake the alley for a public domain. As a cornice can be noticed even at a higher altitude the limit of twenty cubits, as stated in the second Baraitha, was in its case removed.');">¹⁸</span>

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