Commentary for Shabbat 184:8

אלא לאחריו ובא לו לאחריו ד"ה חייב לאחר ידו ורגלו דברי הכל פטור כי פליגי בפונדתו ופיה למטה מר מדמי ליה לאחריו ובא לו לאחריו ומר מדמי ליה לאחר ידו ורגלו:

— R. Judah rules that he is culpable, but the Sages hold him not culpable. Said R. Judah to them: Do you not admit that [if one intends to carry out an object] behind him and it comes behind him, he is culpable?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So here too, though carrying an object in a belt with its opening below is unusual. ');">¹³</span> Whilst they said to him: Do you not admit that [if one carries out an object] as with the back of his hand or with his foot, he is not culpable? Said R. Judah: I stated one argument, and they stated one argument. I found no answer to their argument, and they found no answer to mine. Now, since he says to them, 'Do you not admit,' does it not surely follow that the Rabbis hold that he is not culpable?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus it is dependent on Tannaim. ');">¹⁴</span>

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