Musar for Shabbat 193:21
יתיב רב חנא וקא קשיא ליה
— Rather [the fact is] that whatever is [separated by] less than three [handbreadths] is regarded as joined is a law received on tradition. Our Rabbis taught: [If one throws<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' so supra 4b. ');"><sup>37</sup></span> an article] from public to public ground, and private ground lies between: Rabbi holds him liable, but the sages exempt him — Rab and Samuel both assert: Rabbi imposed liability only in the case of covered-in private ground, when we say that the house is as though it were full, but not if it is uncovered,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. notes on this passage supra 4b and 5, ');"><sup>38</sup></span> R. Hana<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec.: R. Hisda. ');"><sup>39</sup></span> said in Rab Judah's name in Samuel's name: Rabbi held him liable to two [sacrifices], one on account of carrying out and another on account of carrying in,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For during its journey it passes out of private into public ground, and enters from public into private ground. ');"><sup>40</sup></span> Now R. Hana sat [studying] and this presented a difficulty to him:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In connection with what he had heard from Rab Judah, ');"><sup>41</sup></span>