Talmud for Shabbat 184:4

אלא מאי קושיא דיוקא דמתני' קשיא המתכוין להוציא לפניו ובא לו לאחריו פטור הא לאחריו ובא לו לאחריו חייב אימא סיפא לאחריו ובא לו לפניו הוא דחייב הא לאחריו ובא לו לאחריו פטור א"ר אלעזר תברא מי ששנה זו לא שנה זו

<b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. What is the difference in [intending to carry it] BEFORE HIM, BUT IT WORKS ROUND BEHIND HIM, that HE IS NOT CULPABLE? [Presumably] because his intention was not fulfilled! But then [if he intended to carry it] BEHIND HIM, BUT IT WORKS ROUND BEFORE HIM, [there] too his intention was not fulfilled! Said R. Eleazar: There is a contradiction:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jast. R. Han: (I take) an oath! (quoted in Tosaf. Keth. 75b s.v. [H]). ');">⁶</span> he who learnt the one did not learn the other. Raba said: But what is the difficulty: Perhaps [where he intended to carry it] BEFORE HIM, BUT IT WORKS ROUND BEHIND HIM, this is the reason that HE IS NOT CULPABLE, because he intended a strong vigilance whereas he succeeded [in giving it only] a weak vigilance;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence his intention is unfulfilled. ');">⁷</span>

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