Commentary for Shabbat 212:4

אלא עופות אעופות קשיא וכי תימא עופות אעופות נמי לא קשיא הא ביבר מקורה הא ביבר שאינו מקורה והא בית דמקורה הוא ובין לרבי יהודה ובין לרבנן צפור למגדל אין לבית לא

whereas the other refers to an uncovered vivarium — [It might be asked]: But a house is covered, yet both R. Judah and the Rabbis hold, Only [if one hunts a bird] into a turret [is he culpable], but not [if he hunts it] into a house? — Said Rabbah b. R. Huna: Here we treat of a free bird,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Swallow(?). It lives in a house just as in the open and it is difficult to catch it there. But other birds are trapped when driven into a house. ');">⁶</span> [the reason being] because it does not submit to domestication.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'authority'. ');">⁷</span>

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