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כי פליגי אליבא דרב. אביי כרב, ורבא אמר לך: עד כאן לא אמר רב התם אלא דמחיצות לאכסדרה הוא דעבידי, אבל הכא דלאו להכי עבידי, לא.
When they disagree is according to the opinion of Rav. Abaye holds in accordance with the opinion of Rav: The edge of the roof descends and seals both in the portico in the field and in the portico that one roofed as a sukka. And Rava could have said to you: Rav stated his opinion only there, with regard to a portico in the field, because the partitions formed by the descent of the edge of the roof are partitions established for the portico. However, here, in the case of a sukka, where the partitions formed by the descent of the edge of the roof are not partitions established for the portico, no, Rav would not say that the edge of the roof descends and seals.
תנן: וכן חצר המוקפת אכסדרה. ואמאי? נימא פי תקרה יורד וסותם!
The Talmud cites another proof. We learned in the Mishnah: With regard to a courtyard that is surrounded on 3 sides by a portico, if there are 4 cubits beneath the unfit roofing, the sukka is unfit. The Talmud asks: And why is the sukka unfit? Let us say that the edge of the roof descends and seals, forming a fit partition at the point where the roofing of the sukka begins?
תרגמה רבא אליבא דאביי: כשהשוה את קירויו.
Rava interpreted the Mishnah in accordance with the opinion of Abaye: It is a case where one equalized the level of its roofing, i.e., the roofing of the sukka with the level of the roof of the portico. Since the edge of the roof of the portico is not visible inside the sukka, the principle: The edge of the roof descends and seals, does not apply.