Bava Batra 110

ודרך הרבים ודרך היחיד ושביל הרבים ושביל היחיד הקבוע בין בימות החמה ובין בימות הגשמים

a public carriage road<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of 16 cubits width. ');">¹</span> or a private carriage road,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of 4 cubits. ');">²</span>

טומאה מאי היא דתנן הנכנס לבקעה בימות הגשמים וטומאה בשדה פלונית ואמר הלכתי למקום הלז ואיני יודע אם נכנסתי לאותו מקום ואם לאו ר"א מטהר וחכמים מטמאין

a public field-path or a private field-path which is used both in the dry and the rainy season.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., even in the ploughing season when many paths are closed (Pe'ah II, 1). ');">³</span> How does the partition affect uncleanness? — As we have learnt:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Toh. VI, 5. ');">⁴</span>

שהיה ר"א אומר ספק ביאה טהור ספק מגע טומאה טמא

'If a man goes into a plain<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A stretch of cultivable land divided into fields. ');">⁵</span> in the rainy season where there is known to be uncleanness<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a grave. ');">⁶</span>

אבל לשבת לא

in a certain field, and he says, I went to that place [i.e. plain] but I do not know if I went to that spot or not, R. Eliezer declares him clean and the Sages declare him unclean,'for R. Eliezer used to say that 'if there is a doubt whether a man entered a place of uncleanness he is clean, but if there is a doubt whether he touched an unclean thing, he is unclean.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. VI, 4. We suppose that there is a boundary or hedge in the plain, and since this divides it Into separate fields, he is doubtful even if he entered the field where the grave was, and therefore according to R. Eliezer he is clean. ');">⁷</span> In respect of Sabbath, however, these things do not form a partition.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the matter of carrying on Sabbath from a private to a public place or vice versa. ');">⁸</span>

רבא אמר אפילו לענין שבת דתניא הוציא חצי גרוגרת לרשות הרבים והניחה וחזר והוציא חצי גרוגרת אחרת בהעלם אחד חייב בשני העלמות פטור

Raba, however, says that they form a partition even in respect of Sabbath, as it has been taught: If a man takes out half a dry fig into a public place,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If anyone takes out from a private to a public place an article not smaller than a fig and sets it down there, he is liable to punishment for breaking the Sabbath. ');">⁹</span> and puts it down and then takes out another half a dry fig, in one spell of unawareness that it was Sabbath, he is penalised [for breaking the Sabbath],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because he has taken out one whole fig. ');">¹⁰</span>

רבי יוסי אומר בהעלם אחד

but if under two spells of unawareness, he is not penalised.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because he has only taken out half a fig twice. ');">¹¹</span> R. Jose said: If he