Commentary for Yevamot 205:3

באנפיליא של בגד אתאן לרבנן

[but the latter statement]: 'With a cloth-sock'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That halizah with it is invalid. ');">⁷</span> can only represent the view of the Rabbis!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who differ from R. Meir in regarding neither the artificial foot nor the cloth sock as a shoe. According to R. Meir a cloth sock, like an artificial foot, is regarded as a shoe. Does then the Baraitha represent the contradictory views of R. Meir and the Rabbis! ');">⁸</span> — Abaye replied: Since the latter statement [represents the opinion of] the Rabbis, the first also [must represent the opinion of] the Rabbis, the first [dealing with an artificial foot that was] covered with leather.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence its admissibility as a shoe for halizah. ');">⁹</span>

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