Commentary for Makkot 18:11

והתניא ר' שמעון אומר לעולם אינו גולה עד שישמט מחצלו מידו קשיא נפסק אנפסק קשיא נשמט אנשמט

But it was taught [in a baraita]: Rabbi Shimon says: "He is never exiled until the handle slips from his hand." A difficulty of "breaking" on "breaking", and a difficulty of "slipping" on "slipping". [While the first baraita said one whose rope broke which resulted in an accidental death was exiled, here it implies that they would not be. Similarly, while the first baraita said that the rope slipping out of her hand would not make her liable for exile, the second quotes this as the only criteria. Thus there is a difficulty in both cases.]

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