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The Talmud raises an objection to the opinion of Rav from a baraita: If one had 5 sheep in the village of Ḥananya and 5 sheep in the village of Otnai, which is a distance of 32 mil from the village of Ḥananya, they do not combine, unless he also has one sheep between them, in Tzippori. This is app
Shmuel interpreted the baraita in accordance with the opinion of Rav. The baraita does not mean he had 5 sheep on either side, but rather it is referring to a case where he had 9 sheep from here and 9 sheep from there and one in the middle. This case is different, as that one sheep in the middle i
Rav Pappa says: And according to the opinion of Shmuel that one animal in the middle is sufficient to combine the two groups on either side of it, even if the shepherd himself is in the middle without any sheep, he combines the two flocks on either side. And even if only the implements of the shephe
Rav Ashi raises a dilemma: What is the halakha in a case where the dog of the shepherd is in the middle? Does it combine the two flocks into one or not? Since the shepherd can call the dog and it comes, perhaps it does not combine the two flocks, as the shepherd himself has no need to go to the mid
§ The Mishnah teaches that R' Meir says: The Jordan River divides between animals on two sides of the river with regard to animal tithe, even if the distance between them is minimal. R' Ami says: They taught that the Jordan River serves as a partition only when there is no bridge there, but if ther