Commentary for Shabbat 9:10

קשיא ליה לר' אבהו מי קתני טרסקל שבידו והא ידו קתני אלא א"ר אבהו כגון ששלשל ידו למטה מג' וקבלה

presented a difficulty to R. Abbahu: Is then 'a basket in his hand' taught: surely HIS HAND [alone] is stated! Rather, said R. Abbahu, it means that he lowered his hand to within three handbreadths [of the ground] and accepted it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Everything within three handbreadths is regarded as the ground itself on the principle of labud (v. Glos), and thus the hand becomes a place four square. ');">¹⁰</span>

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