Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Yevamot 241:18

תניא אר"ג פעם אחת הייתי מהלך בספינה וראיתי ספינה אחת שנשברה והייתי מצטער על תלמיד חכם שבה ומנו רבי עקיבא וכשעליתי ביבשה בא וישב ודן לפני בהלכה אמרתי לו בני מי העלך אמר לי דף של ספינה נזדמן לי וכל גל וגל שבא עלי נענעתי לו ראשי

— 'I was really mistaken', [he replied]; 'I was of the opinion that as the water was gathered and stationary it was to be regarded as "water which has [a visible] end", but the law is in fact not so; for owing to the prevailing waves it might well be assumed that the waves carried [the body] away'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'they lowered', and the man was rescued. ');"><sup>32</sup></span> Samuel thereupon applied to Rab the Scriptural text, There shall no mischief befall the righteous,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XII, 21. Rab was spared the injustice of placing the innocent R. Shila under the ban. ');"><sup>33</sup></span>

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