Commentary for Shabbat 159:8

(שעוה כדי ליתן ע"פ נקב קטן: תנא כדי ליתן ע"פ נקב קטן של יין):

Our Rabbis taught: If one carries out half a dried fig, and then carries out another half of a dried fig in one state of unawareness, he is culpable; in two states of unawareness, he is not culpable. R. Jose said: In one state of unawareness [and] into the same ground he is culpable; into two [different] grounds,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Both public, but separated from each other. ');">¹⁴</span> he is not culpable. Rabbah said: Providing that there lies between them a domain involving liability to a sin-offering;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., private ground. Transport between private and public ground imposes liability; hence the private ground here completely separates the two public grounds. and they do not rank as one. ');">¹⁵</span>

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