Reference for Shabbat 15:9

איתיביה

and one throws [an object] and it alights upon it, he is liable. What is the reason? It if is less than three, the multitude step upon it;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And it is therefore part of the street. ');">⁹</span> from three to nine, they neither walk upon it nor arrange their burdens upon it;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is too low for the latter purpose. ');">¹⁰</span> nine, they certainly re-arrange their burdens upon it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And since it is thus put to public use, it is part of the thoroughfare. ');">¹¹</span> Abaye asked R. Joseph: What of a pit?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Nine deep. ');">¹²</span> — He replied: The same holds good of a pit. Raba said: It does not hold good of a pit. What is the reason? Service through difficulty is not designated service.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It can only be used with difficulty; therefore it is not part of the street. ');">¹³</span> R. Adda b. Mattenah raised an objection before Raba: If one's basket is lying in the street, ten [handbreadths] high and four broad,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As such it is private ground; v. supra fol. 6a. ');">¹⁴</span> one may not move an object] from it into the street or from the street into it; but if less, one may carry; and the same applies to a pit. Surely that refers to the second clause?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' sc. o n nine handbreadths. ');">¹⁵</span> — No: to the first clause. He raised an objection:

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