Reference for Chullin 275:12

אמר ר' יהושע בן לוי

Perhaps it is the robe [that is meant]? - If you grasp a lot, you cannot hold it; if yo grasp a little, you can hold it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A proverbial saying. I.e., where there are two possible inferences always select that which gives the smaller result. V. Rashi s.v. .');">⁷</span>

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