שבת 42:1 — Soncino English Talmud

it is permitted. Shall we say that Samuel agrees with R. Simeon? But surely Samuel said: One may extinguish a lump of fiery metal in the street, that it should not harm the public, but not a burning piece of wood. A Now if you think that he agrees with R. Simeon, even that of wood too [should be permitted]? — In respect to what is unintentional he holds with R. Simeon; but in the matter of work which is not needed per se, he agrees with R. Judah. Rabina said: As a corollary, a thorn in public ground may be carried away in stages of less than four cubits; whilst in a karmelith even a great distance too [is permitted). BUT ONE MAY POUR, etc. Our Rabbis taught: A man may pour hot water into cold, but not cold water into hot; this is the view of Beth Shammai; while Beth Hillel maintain: Both hot into cold and cold into hot are permitted. This applies only to a cup, but in the case of a bath, hot into cold [is permitted], but not cold into hot. But R. Simeon b. Menassia forbids it. R. Nahman said: The halachah is as R. Simeon b. Menassia. R. Joseph thought to rule: A basin is as a bath. Said Abaye to him, R. Hiyya taught: A basin is not as a bath. Now, on the original supposition that it is as a bath, while R. Nahman ruled, The halachah is as R. Simeon, can there be no washing in hot water on the Sabbath? — Do you think that R. Simeon refers to the second clause? He refers to the first clause: 'While Beth Hillel maintain: Both hot into cold and cold into hot are permitted'; but R. Simeon b. Menassia forbids even cold into hot. Shall we say that R. Simeon b. Menassia rules as Beth Shammai? — He says thus: Beth Shammai and Beth Hillel did not differ in this matter. R. Huna son of R. Joshua said: I saw that Raba was not particular about vessels, since R. Hiyya taught: A person may pour a jug of water into a basin of water, hot into cold or cold into hot. Said R. Huna to R. Ashi: Perhaps it is different there, because the vessel intervenes? — It is stated that he pours it, was his answer. [Thus:] A person may pour a jug of water into a basin of water, both hot into cold and cold into hot. MISHNAH. IF A STEW POT OR A BOILING POT IS REMOVED SEETHING; [FROM THE FIRE], ONE MUST NOT PUT SPICES THEREIN,^ᵃ^ᵇ^ᶜ^ᵈ^ᵉ^ᶠ^ᵍ^ʰ^ⁱ^ʲ^ᵏ^ˡ^ᵐ^ⁿ^ᵒ^ᵖ^ᵠ^ʳ^ˢ^ᵗ^ᵘ^ᵛ^ʷ^ˣ

^ᵃnote:Since that is not his intention.
^ᵇnote:That whatever is unintentional is permitted.
^ᶜnote:Metal does not really burn, but throws off fiery sparks when red-hot. The prohibition of extinguishing does not apply in this case by Biblical law at all, save by Rabbinical law; hence where general damage may ensue the Rabbis waived their prohibition.
^ᵈnote:Lit., 'coal'.
^ᵉnote:For that is Biblically forbidden.
^ᶠnote:For R. Simeon rules that if work is not needed per se (v. p, 510, n. 3) it imposes no liability, and every case of extinguishing, except the extinguishing of a wick to make it easier for subsequent relighting (v. supra 29b bottom), falls within this category. Hence it is only Rabbinically forbidden, and therefore the same as metal.
^ᵍnote:That it is interdicted.
^ʰnote:The least distance which is Biblically forbidden is four cubits in a single passage, without an interval. A thorn too may cause harm to the public; hence the Rabbinical interdict is waived.
^ⁱnote:V. Glos. and supra 6a.
^ʲnote:Rashi: they hold that the lower prevails against the upper. Hence in the former case the hot water is tempered by the cold, which is permitted; but in the latter the cold is heated by the hot, which is forbidden. R. Tam: 'hot water into cold' implies that the cold water exceeds the hot, and therefore cools it, hence it is permitted. 'Cold water into hot' implies that there is more hot water, which heats the cold; consequently, it is forbidden. According to this interpretation this is independent of the question whether the lower prevails against the upper or the reverse, which refers to equal quantities; cf. [H] Yoreh De'ah XCI, 12.
^ᵏnote:The water being required for drinking, one does not wish it to become very hot. Moreover, a cup is a 'second vessel' (v. supra p. 188, n. 6), I.e., the water is not actually heated therein, and the contents of a second vessel cannot cause anything that comes into contact therewith to boil.
^ˡnote:The water is needed for washing, and must be very hot. Therefore if the latter case is permitted, we fear that one will come intentionally to heat water in a forbidden manner. The reference is to a bath which is a 'second vessel', and yet it is forbidden for this reason.
^ᵐnote:Even hot into cold.
^ⁿnote:Rashi: even if heated on the eve of the Sabbath, cold water must be added to temper its heat, which according to R. Simeon b. Menassia is forbidden.
^ᵒnote:The reference being to a cup, not a bath, as stated.
^ᵖnote:Surely not, for it is axiomatic that the halachah is always as Beth Hillel.
^ᵠnote:Both agreeing that it is forbidden.
^ʳnote:Pouring hot water into cold and vice versa. Asheri omits 'about vessels.'
^ˢnote:Tosaf. suggests that this may be the identical Baraitha cited above, but that there it was quoted in brief.
^ᵗnote:He assumed that the water is poured on to the inner side of the basin first, which somewhat cools it.
^ᵘnote:I.e., directly into the water.
^ᵛnote:The first means a tightly covered pot.
^ʷnote:At twilight on Friday.
^ˣnote:After nightfall. The pot is a 'first vessel' (v. p. 188, n. 6) and its contents, as long as they are seething, cause any other commodity put therein to boil likewise.