Responsa for Shabbat 200:2
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> הזורק בים ארבע אמות פטור אם היה רקק מים ורשות הרבים מהלכת בו הזורק לתוכו ד' אמות חייב וכמה הוא רקק מים פחות מעשרה טפחים רקק מים ורשות הרבים מהלכת בו הזורק בתוכו ד' אמות חייב:
therefore he informs us [that it is not so]. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF ONE THROWS [AN OBJECT OVER A DISTANCE OF] FOUR CUBITS IN THE SEA, HE IS NOT LIABLE. IF THERE IS A WATER POOL. AND A PUBLIC ROAD TRAVERSES IT, AND ONE THROWS [AN OBJECT] FOUR CUBITS THEREIN. HE IS LIABLE. AND WHAT DEPTH CONSTITUTES A POOL? LESS THAN TEN HANDBREADTH.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the thrower is culpable. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> IF THERE IS A POOL OF WATER AND A PUBLIC ROAD TRAVERSES IT, AND ONE THROWS [AN OBJECT] FOUR CUBITS THEREIN,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it travels four cubits before it rests. That is also the meaning in the previous case. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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