Commentary for Shabbat 9:15

בעי ר' יוחנן זרק חפץ ונעקר הוא ממקומו וחזר וקיבלו מהו

R. Abin said in the name of R. Elai in R. Johanan's name: If one throws an article and it alights on his neighbour's hand, he is liable. What does he inform us? [that] a man's hand is accounted to him as [an area] four by four! But surely R. Johanan already stated it once? — You might argue. That is only when he himself accounts his hand such,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If one intentionally deposits an article in his neighbour's hand, or takes an article into his own, in each case he accounts the hand as a resting place, i.e., an area four square. ');">¹⁴</span>

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