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ומה ״אתה אומר״? הכי קאמרי ליה: מדבריך לדברינו, אין [תמידין ומוספין] באין משל צבור. וכן כי אתא רבין, אמר רבי יוחנן: חוששין לבעלי זרועות איכא בינייהו.
And what is the meaning of the phrase: Do you say so? This is what they were saying to him: If we apply the opinion from your statement that one may volunteer as an unpaid bailee, to our statement that the rabbis instituted a directive to give him 4 dinars, the result is that communal offerings do not come from communal funds as required. And likewise, when Ravin came from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia, he said that R' Yoḥanan says: The question of whether or not we are concerned about violent people is the difference between the opinions of the Rabbis and R' Yosei, i.e., that is the crux of their dispute.
מתני׳ המוציא זבל לרשות הרבים, המוציא – מוציא, והמזבל – מזבל. אין שורין טיט ברשות הרבים, ואין לובנים לבנים. אבל גובלין טיט ברשות הרבים, אבל לא לבנים.
Mishnah: In the case of one who takes manure out to the public domain, in order for it to be transported to fertilize a field, he who takes it out from his property takes it out, and immediately, he who takes it to fertilize the field takes it to fertilize the field. They must relocate the manure immediately without allowing it to sit around in the public domain. Similarly, one may not soak clay in the public domain before it is kneaded, and one may not mold bricks in the public domain since this takes a long time and inhibits use of the public domain by others. But one may knead clay in the public domain, as this process does not take long, but not bricks.
הבונה ברשות הרבים, המביא אבנים – מביא, והבונה – בונה. ואם הזיק – משלם מה שהזיק. רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומר: אף מתקן הוא את מלאכתו לפני שלשים יום.
With regard to one who builds a structure, keeping the building materials in the public domain, he who brings the stones brings them, and immediately, he who builds the structure builds with them, and may not leave them there. And if the stones cause damage before he had a chance to build them into the structure, he must pay for what he damaged. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: One may even prepare his work 30 days beforehand; he may keep the building materials in the public domain for that duration.