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עירובין 79:2
Soncino English Talmud · Berean Standard Bible
but the straw was seven handbreadths and a fraction, since a distance of less than three handbreadths is regarded as labud. According to Abaye one can well understand why the expression ‘than ten’ was used; according to R. Huna son of R. Joshua, however, what could be the purport of ‘than ten’? — ‘Than the statutory height of ten’. ‘Both are forbidden’. Does this then imply that tenants who arrived on a Sabbath impose restrictions? — No; since it is possible that the reduction occurred on the previous day. ‘How is one to proceed? One of the tenants locks his house and renounces his right to his share’. Both [acts]? — It is this that was meant: He either locks his house or renounces his right to his share. And if you prefer I might say: Both [acts] are in fact necessary for, having been in the habit of using it, he might continue to move objects into it. ‘He remains under restrictions but his friend is permitted’. Is not this obvious? — This ruling was required only in the case where the other tenant had subsequently renounced his share to the former, and it is this that we were informed: That a renunciation may not follow a previous renunciation. ‘And the same law applies to a pit of straw between two Sabbath limits’. Is not this perfectly obvious? — The ruling was required only according to the view of R. Akiba who holds that the ordinance of Sabbath limits is Pentateuchal. Since it might have been presumed that a preventive measure should be enacted against the possibility of exchange, hence we were informed that no such preventive measure was deemed necessary. MISHNAH. HOW IS SHITTUF IN AN ALLEY EFFECTED? ONE [OF THE RESIDENTS] PLACES THERE A JAR AND DECLARES, ‘THIS BELONGS TO ALL THE RESIDENTS OF THE ALLEY’. AND HE CONFERS POSSESSION UPON THEM THROUGH HIS GROWNUP SON OR DAUGHTER, THROUGH HIS HEBREW MANSERVANT OR MAIDSERVANT OR THROUGH HIS WIFE; BUT HE MAY NOT CONFER POSSESSION EITHER THROUGH HIS SON OR DAUGHTER, IF THEY ARE MINORS, OR THROUGH HIS CANAANITE BONDMAN OR BONDWOMAN, BECAUSE THEIR HAND IS AS HIS HAND. GEMARA. Rab Judah ruled: A jar for the shittuf of alleys must be raised from the ground to the height of a handbreadth. Raba observed: These two rulings were given by the elders of Pumbeditha: One is the ruling just cited. The other is the following: He who recites the kiddush has performed his duty if he tastes a mouthful, otherwise he does not. R. Habiba observed: The following ruling also was given by the elders of Pumbeditha. For Rab Judah stated in the name of Samuel: A fire for a woman in childbirth may be made on the Sabbath. From this one might understand that a fire may be made only for a woman in childbirth but not for any other sick person, only in the rainy season but not in the summer season. It was, however, stated: R. Hiyya b. Abin citing Samuel ruled: If a person has been bled and felt chilly a fire may be made for him on the Sabbath even during the hottest period of the year. Amemar observed, ‘The following ruling also was given by the elders of Pumbeditha, for it was stated: What is an Asherah by implication? Rab said: Any tree that is guarded by heathen priests
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