Commentary for Shabbat 19:13

אלא כי קאמר רב אדא בחדתי והא מבעיא בעא ליה רבינא הזמינו לבית הכסא מהו יש זימון או אין זימון ולא איפשיטא ליה לאו הוא הדין למרחץ לא דילמא

means even such as contains no excrement? — Rather, when R. Adda stated [his ruling] it was in reference to new [baths].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., which had never been used, but merely (designated for baths ');">³⁵</span> But surely [this is just what] Rabina propounded: What if a place is designated for a privy closet; is designation recognized or not?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Does designation subject the place to the laws appertaining to a privy? ');">³⁶</span> and it was not solved. Now did not the same [query of his] apply to baths?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But surely he could have solved it on the latest interpretation from R. Adda's ruling. ');">³⁷</span> No. Perhaps

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