Commentary for Gittin 15:1
העשויה לברוח אבל עציץ שאינו עשוי לברוח לא
which is usually on the move, but in the case of a pot which is motionless it is not necessary. And again, perhaps the Rabbis would say that only in the boat [is there this obligation even if it is not touching bottom], since there is no air in between [the boat and the bottom], the water being reckoned as earth for purposes of contact, but not in the case of the pot where the air underneath breaks its contact with the earth. R. Nahman b. Isaac said: In regard to a boat on a river in Eretz Israel there is no difference of opinion between the authorities.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' All agreeing that a river in Eretz Israel is an integral part of the land. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
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