Responsa for Bava Kamma 102:12

בעא מיניה רב שיזבי מרבה הרחיבה מהו א"ל הרי מיעט הבלא א"ל אדרבה הרי קירב הזיקא

Is this not obvious? — You might perhaps think that [the difference of opinion] was only where the increase in depth was made at the bottom, in which case it was the unhealthy air added by the second digger that caused death, whereas where the increase was made from the top,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As in the case stated by Raba. ');">¹⁰</span>

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