If one picks up one end of a long rod (kaneh) and then the other end, without ever lifting the entire rod simultaneously off the ground, is one liable for carrying?
Synopsis
The Talmud holds one exempt since the entire rod was never lifted simultaneously — no complete akirah occurred.
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