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R' Yehuda HaNasi only deemed him liable in the covered private domain, with a roof, as we say: The house is considered as one that is full? The entire house with all its space is considered one unit, and each part of it is considered as if it is filled with actual objects. Therefore, an object pas
And if you say: Here too our Mishnah is speaking about a covered domain, and therefore the lifting from and the placing on the hand are considered as if they were performed in a place that is 4 handbreadths; granted, in a covered private domain lifting from and placing in a hand are considered as if
Rather, R' Zeira said: There must be a different source for our Mishnah. Whose opinion is it in our Mishnah? It is the opinion of Aḥerim, as it was taught in a baraita: Aḥerim say: One who stood in his place on Shabbat and received an object thrown to him from another domain, the one who threw the
The Talmud rejects this: This is not a proof, and one could say: Perhaps it is specifically for placing that we do not require an area of 4 by 4; however, for lifting we require an area of 4 by 4 in order to consider it significant. And with regard to placing as well, one could say: Perhaps it was
R' Abba said: Our Mishnah is speaking about a special case where he received, i.e., lifted, the object that was in a basket [teraskal] and he placed it atop a basket. In that case, there is also placing performed upon an area of 4 by 4 handbreadths. The Talmud asks: Wasn’t it taught in the Mishnah