Related%20passage for Bava Batra 2:14

אִילָן שֶׁהוּא נוֹטֶה לִרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, קוֹצֵץ, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהֵא גָמָל עוֹבֵר וְרוֹכְבוֹ. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, גָּמָל טָעוּן פִּשְׁתָּן אוֹ חֲבִילֵי זְמוֹרוֹת. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, כָּל הָאִילָן כְּנֶגֶד הַמִּשְׁקֹלֶת, מִפְּנֵי הַטֻּמְאָה:

If a tree projects into the public domain, it is cut [i.e., its lower branches are cut] so that a camel and its rider may pass. R. Yehudah says: A camel laden with flax or with bundles of vine rods. [And it is not necessary to cut for a camel and its rider, for the rider can bend down and pass under it.] R. Shimon says: Every tree (is to be cut) against a plummet against uncleanliness [i.e., lest the branches "tent" over an olive-size of a dead body or the like and render unclean one passing beneath them. The halachah is in accordance with the first tanna alone.]

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