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And if one may not place an item that might cause damage close to his neighbor’s boundary, how can you find a case where each neighbor is damaging the property of the other? Rav Pappa says: This is referring to a buyer who purchased part of his neighbor’s field, and it contains a substance or items
The Talmud asks: If this is referring to a buyer, what is the reason of the Rabbis, who say that the neighbor can demand that the buyer distance that which causes damage? After all, he has not acted improperly. And furthermore, what is the reason of R' Yosei for disagreeing only in the case of the
Ravina said that the explanation is as follows: The Rabbis hold that the responsibility falls on the one who causes damage to distance himself. The one who has the potential to cause damage must act to prevent the damage from occurring. This is the halakha even if his initial placement was done in
The Talmud asks: Does this prove by inference that R' Yosei, who disagrees with the ruling of the Rabbis, holds that the responsibility falls on the one whose property was damaged to distance himself; i.e., to avoid being damaged? But if the responsibility to distance oneself falls on the one whos
Rather, actually R' Yosei also holds that the responsibility to distance oneself falls on the one who causes damage, even if he did not act improperly. And this is what R' Yosei is saying to the Rabbis: Your explanation works out well with regard to water in which flax is steeped and vegetables,