Responsa for Kiddushin 146:4

אמר אמימר האי פירא דסופלי יש בו משום אסופי חריפתא דנהרא אין בו משום אסופי פשרי יש בו משום אסופי צידי רשות הרבים אין בו משום אסופי רשות הרבים יש בו משום אסופי

Amemar said: [If found in] a pit of date stones,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Where these are deposited as fodder.');">⁶</span> he is considered a foundling; in the swift current of the river, he is not a foundling;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Parents would not trouble to place him in the middle of the river, where ships abound, if he were not fit.');">⁷</span> in shallow water,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Formed by melting snow which affords no passage to ships.');">⁸</span>

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