כדי שלא תהא חיה קופצת. ולעביד חריץ – ולא לעביד בן חריץ! איידי דרווח, קיימא בגויה וקפצה. ולעביד בן חריץ – ולא לעביד חריץ! איידי דקטין, קיימא אשפתיה וקפצה. וכמה בין חריץ לבן חריץ? טפח.
so that an animal will not jump over the fence, enter the field, and cause damage. The Talmud asks: Let him make only a larger ditch and not make a smaller ditch. The Talmud replies: Since the ditch is wide, the animal can stand inside it and jump from there over the fence. The Talmud asks: If so, then let him make only a smaller ditch and not make a larger ditch? Since the ditch is small, the animal stands on its edge and jumps over the fence. The baraita explains the matter further: And how much space is there between the larger ditch and the smaller ditch? One handbreadth.