Commentary for Pesachim 40:17
מתקיף לה רבא מתני' נמי איכא הפסד עצים א"ל אביי להפסד מרובה חששו להפסד מועט לא חששו
To this Raba demurred: In our Mishnah too there is the los of wood? - Said Abaye to him: They cared about a substantial loss, but not about a slight loss.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra ');"><sup>11</sup></span> And whence do you know that they cared about a substantial loss but not about a slight one?
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