The Gemara wants to know why the transfer of items between domains via people’s hands would make them chayav. Rabbi Akiva has an answer. It’s a bit fantastical on the one hand, and it makes perfect sense on the other, in the context of how far one’s domain extends.
Also: Noting the theme of “space” in the melakhah of Hotza’ah, and perhaps many more of the melakhot of Shabbat.
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