Commentary for Shabbat 159:6

אביי אמר אפילו כרמלית אבל פיסלא לא ורבא אמר אפילו פיסלא ואזדא רבא לטעמיה דאמר רבא רשות שבת כרשות גיטין דמיא:

he is liable. But why: surely it does not rest [in the street]? E.g., if he carries it within three [handbreadths].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of the ground. It is then regarded as actually lying thereon; cf. supra 5a. ');">¹⁰</span> But Raba said: [An article brought] within three [handbreadths] must, according to the Rabbis, be deposited upon something of small size [at least]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though not necessarily upon a place four handbreadths square; v. infra 100a for the general explanation of the passage. ');">¹¹</span>

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