Quoting%20commentary for Shabbat 9:12
אמר רבא איכפל תנא לאשמעינן כל הני אלא אמר רבא ידו של אדם חשובה לו כד' על ד' וכן כי אתא רבין א"ר יוחנן ידו של אדם חשובה לו כד' על ד'
— It refers to one who bends down. Alternatively, [he is standing] in a pit; another alternative: this refers to a dwarf. Raba demurred: Does the Tanna trouble to inform us of all these!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Surely he does not state a law which requires all these conditions. He should rather have taught: If the poor man spreads out his garment, etc. ');"><sup>12</sup></span>
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