Commentary for Ketubot 19:11

איכא דאמרי הכי אמר ליה שמא במזיד הטיתה ועקרת לדשא ועברא אמשול לך משל למה הדבר דומה לאדם שהוא מהלך באישון לילה ואפילה היטה במזיד מצאו פתוח לא היטה במזיד מצאו נעול

There are those who say [that] he [R. Gamaliel] answered him thus: Perhaps you moved aside intentionally and you tore away the door and the bar. I will give you a parable: To what is this like? To a man who was walking in the deep darkness of the night [and came to his house and found the door locked]; if he moves aside [the bolt of the door] intentionally he finds it open, if he does not move aside [the bolt of the door] intentionally he finds it locked.

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