Commentary for Shabbat 159:5

תנו רבנן הוציא חצי גרוגרת וחזר והוציא חצי גרוגרת בהעלם אחד חייב בשתי העלמות פטור רבי יוסי אומר בהעלם אחד לרשות אחד חייב לשתי רשויות פטור אמר רבה והוא שיש חיוב חטאת ביניהם אבל כרמלית לא

the first is regarded as though caught by a dog or burnt, and he is not culpable. But why so: surely it is lying there! — He means this: But if one anticipates and takes up the first before the depositing of the second, the first is regarded as though caught up by a dog or burnt,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the whole fig does not lie in the street. ');">⁸</span> and he is not culpable. Raba also said: If one carries out half of a dried fig and deposits it and then carries out another half of a dried fig over the same route as the first,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The second actually passing above the first. ');">⁹</span>

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