Commentary for Shabbat 105:8

כי סליק ר' זירא אשכחיה לר' בנימין בר יפת דיתיב וקאמר ליה משמיה דר' יוחנן נותנין מרדעת על גבי חמור בשבת א"ל יישר וכן תרגמה אריוך בבבל

But Rab too ruled thus? — Rather he had heard him conclude: Yet a fodder-bag may not be hung [around the animal's neck] on the Sabbath. Thereupon he exclaimed, 'Well spoken! And thus did Arioch teach it in Babylon.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whereas Rab forbade it. ');">¹³</span> At all events, it is generally agreed that a cushion is permitted: wherein does it differ from a saddle? — There it is different, as it may possibly fall off of its own accord.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the owner may carry it in the street; supra. ');">¹⁴</span>

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