Mesorat%20hashas for Bava Batra 38:13

האי חבית היכי דמיא אי דפומא לבר

Now straw is fit for the food of animals?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And yet it is allowed to form a partition. ');">¹¹</span> — We speak here of straw which has become mouldy. But it is fit for making clay? — We speak of straw which has thorns in it. But it is fit for fuel? — We speak of damp straw. Even so it can be used on a big fire? — A big fire is something uncommon. But figs are fit to eat?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And yet they are allowed to form a partition. ');">¹²</span> — Samuel replied: We speak of figs which have bred worms. (So Rabbah b. Abbuha also explained: We speak of figs which have bred worms.) How are we to picture this jar? If its mouth faces outwards,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., towards the second room, with no dead body in it. ');">¹³</span>

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