Quoting%20commentary for Bava Batra 291:9

איבעיא להו מהו שישלש שבח סבלונות מהו כיון דאי איתנהו לדידיה הדרי ברשותיה שבוח או דלמא כיון דאי אבדי או מגנבי בעי שלומי ליה ברשותא דידה שבוח תיקו

R. Ashi asked: 'Who can tell us that they did not crush a pearl<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For medicinal purposes (Rashb.). A pearl was regarded as a life-giving substance. Cf. M. A. Canney. JMEOS. XV, 43ff. ');">²¹</span> for him which was worth a thousand <i>zuz</i> and gave him to drink! [May] it be inferred, [however that] even if [it] was sent to him?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the drink was brought to the door. ');">²²</span> — [No;] it is possible [that] anywhere [near] the door of the house of one's father-in-law is [the same] as the house [itself].

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