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הלכה כדברי חכמים. ורב ירמיה בר אבא אמר שמואל: הלכה כרבי עקיבא. אמר ליה רב ירמיה בר אבא לרב הונא: ״והא זמנין סגיאין אמריתה קמיה דרב: הלכתא כרבי עקיבא, ולא אמר לי ולא מידי!״ אמר ליה: ״היכי תניתה?״ אמר ליה: ״איפכא תנינא״. ״משום הכי לא אמר לך ולא מידי״.
The halakha is in accordance with the statement of the Rabbis, while Rav Yirmeya bar Abba says that Shmuel says: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva. Rav Yirmeya bar Abba said to Rav Huna: But many times I said before Rav that the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva, and never did he say anything to me, which indicates that he holds that the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Akiva and not that of the Rabbis. Rav Huna said to him: How did you teach the Mishnah before Rav? Rav Yirmeya bar Abba said to him: I taught it with the opposite attributions, that is to say, the opinion that is attributed in the Mishnah to R' Akiva, I would teach in the name of the Rabbis. Rav Huna said to him: Due to that reason, he never said anything to you, as Rav agreed with the version that you attributed to R' Akiva.
אמר ליה רבינא לרב אשי: לימא אזדו לטעמייהו –
With regard to the opinions of Rav and Shmuel, Ravina said to Rav Ashi: should we say that Rav and Shmuel, in their opinions stated with regard to this matter, each follow their general lines of reasoning, as they appear to have disagreed about this same issue in another context as well?
דאמר רב נחמן אמר שמואל: האחין שחלקו – אין להן לא דרך זה על זה, ולא סולמות זה על זה, ולא חלונות זה על זה, ולא אמת המים זה על זה.
As Rav Naḥman says that Shmuel says: With regard to brothers who divided their father’s estate between them, they do not have a right of way against each other, i.e., to walk through the other’s property to reach his own, even though this is how the place was used in their father’s lifetime; nor do they have the right of ladders against each other, i.e., the right to set up a ladder in the other’s property in order to get to his own; nor do they have the right of windows against each other, i.e., the right to prevent the other from building a wall facing his windows; nor do they have the right of a water channel against each other, i.e., the right to pass a water channel through the other’s property.