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Rava said: This halakha applies only in a case where, were he to run to the trunk of the tree he could reach it before the onset of Shabbat. Abaye said to him: But doesn’t the Mishnah state: And it grew dark while he was traveling, indicating that he is farther away than that?
The Talmud answers: The Mishnah means that it grew dark while he was traveling so that he can no longer return to his house before nightfall; however, he is able to go to the trunk of the tree before Shabbat. Some state a different version of the previous statement. Rava said: The Mishnah means tha
Rabba and Rav Yosef were going together along the way. Rabba said to Rav Yosef: Our residence will be beneath the palm that carries its brother, the one with another palm tree leaning on it. And some say he said to him: Our residence will be beneath the palm that spared its owner from the land tax
Rabba asked: Does the Master know of that tree? Rav Yosef said to him: No, I do not know of it. He said to him: Then rely on me, as it was taught in a baraita that R' Yosei says: If two people were walking together, one of whom is familiar with a particular location in the distance, and one is not
The Talmud comments: But it is not so; that is not the opinion of R' Yosei. Rabba only taught it as if it is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei so that Rav Yosef would accept it from him, due to the fact that R' Yosei’s reasoning accompanies his rulings, Since the halakha is usually in accor