Commentary for Zevachim 187:12

והאמר רב חייא זימנין סגיאין הוה קאימנא קמיה דרב ושכשיכי ליה מסאניה במיא בקשין וכרבנן

Rather said Raba: The Scriptural text and our Mishnah refer to soft [skins], whereas they disagree about hard [skins].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., leather.');">¹⁸</span> But surely R'Hiyya B'Ashi said: I stood many times before Rab, and dabbed his shoes with water?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is now assumed that they were of soft leather.');">¹⁹</span> - They were of hard [leather], and [he acted] in accordance with the Rabbis.

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