Commentary for Shabbat 212:12

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> ישב האחד על הפתח ולא מילאהו ישב השני ומילאהו השני חייב ישב הראשון על הפתח ומילאהו ובא השני וישב בצידו אף על פי שעמד הראשון והלך לו הראשון חייב והשני פטור הא למה זה דומה לנועל את ביתו לשומרו ונמצא צבי שמור בתוכו:

<b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. R. Jeremiah b. Abba said in Samuel's name: If one catches a lion on the Sabbath he is not culpable unless he entices it into its cage. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF ONE SITS DOWN IN THE DOORWAY BUT DOES NOT FILL IT, AND A SECOND SITS DOWN AND FILLS IT,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thereby effectively trapping an animal that has entered the house. ');">²⁰</span> THE SECOND IS CULPABLE. IF THE FIRST SITS DOWN IN THE DOORWAY AND FILLS IT, AND A SECOND COMES AND SITS DOWN AT HIS SIDE, EVEN IF THE FIRST [THEN] RISES AND DEPARTS, THE FIRST IS CULPABLE WHILE THE SECOND IS EXEMPT. WHAT DOES THIS RESEMBLE? ONE WHO SHUTS HIS HOUSE TO GUARD IT,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But not to trap an animal. ');">²¹</span> AND A DEER IS [THEREBY] FOUND TO BE GUARDED THEREIN.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a deer which had previously been caught; so here too the first, by filling up the doorway, traps the deer, and the second only guards all animal already caught. ');">²²</span>

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