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יָשַׁב הָאֶחָד עַל הַפֶּתַח וְלֹא מִלְּאָהוּ, יָשַׁב הַשֵּׁנִי וּמִלְּאָהוּ, הַשֵּׁנִי חַיָּב. יָשַׁב הָרִאשׁוֹן עַל הַפֶּתַח וּמִלְּאָהוּ, וּבָא הַשֵּׁנִי וְיָשַׁב בְּצִדּוֹ, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁעָמַד הָרִאשׁוֹן וְהָלַךְ לוֹ, הָרִאשׁוֹן חַיָּב וְהַשֵּׁנִי פָּטוּר. הָא לְמַה זֶּה דוֹמֶה, לְנוֹעֵל אֶת בֵּיתוֹ לְשָׁמְרוֹ וְנִמְצָא צְבִי שָׁמוּר בְּתוֹכוֹ:

If one sat in the doorway without filling it and the second sat down and filled it, the second is liable, [for it is he who trapped it.] If the first sat in the doorway and filled it, and the second came and sat down beside him, even if the first got up and went away, he is liable and the second is exempt. To what may this be compared, [(the deer's having been trapped by the first)]? To one's locking his house to guard it, (and not to trap), and a deer [which had already been caught] being found to be guarded within it. Here, too, even though the first arose, he (the second) is only like one guarding a deer that he had yesterday. "And the second is exempt" in our Mishnah is to be understood as exempt and permitted (ab initio).]

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