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״בואו ונצא לקראת כלה מלכתא״. ואמרי לה: ״לקראת שבת – כלה מלכתא״. רבי ינאי מתעטף וקאי, ואמר: ״בואי כלה, בואי כלה״.
Come and let us go out to greet the bride, the queen. And some say that this is what he would say: Come and let us go out to greet Shabbat, the bride, the queen. R' Yannai would wrap himself in his tallit and stand at Friday at twilight, saying: Come, bride; come, bride. Similarly, it is appropriate for one to run out in honor of Shabbat.
מתני׳ המבקע ברשות הרבים – והזיק ברשות היחיד; ברשות היחיד – והזיק ברשות הרבים; ברשות היחיד – והזיק ברשות היחיד אחר, חייב.
Mishnah: With regard to one who was chopping wood in the public domain and a chip flew off and caused damage in the private property of another person, or one who was chopping wood in his private property and caused damage in the public domain, or one who was chopping wood in his private property and caused damage in the private property of another, in all these cases he is liable.
גמ׳ וצריכא; דאי תנא: המבקע ברשות היחיד והזיק ברשות הרבים – משום דשכיחי רבים; אבל מרשות הרבים לרשות היחיד, דלא שכיחי רבים – אימא לא.
Talmud: The Talmud comments: And it is necessary for the Mishnah to teach that he is liable in all these cases because in each one there is a novel element. As if it had taught only the case of one who was chopping wood in his private property and caused damage in the public domain, it might have been reasoned that he is liable, despite the fact that he was working in his private property, because it is common for the multitudes to be there. But if a chip flew from the public domain to another person’s private property, where it is not common for the multitudes to be, one might say that he is not liable. Therefore, it is necessary to teach this case as well.