Shabbat

leave the lamp, oil, and wicks alone,  because they become a base for a forbidden thing. R. Zera said in R. Assi's name in R. Johananis name in R. Hanina's name in the name of R. Rommanus: Rabbi permitted me to handle a pan with its ashes.  Said R. Zera to R. Assi: Did R. Johanan say thus? But we learnt: A man may take up his son while he is holding a stone, or a basket containing a stone. Whereon Rabbah b. Bar Hanah said in R. Johanan's name: The reference is to a basket filled with fruit. Thus, only because it contains fruit; but if it does not contain fruit, it is not so?  'He was astonied for a while,'  then answered, Here too it means that it [the pan] contains [also] some grains [of spice]. Abaye objected: Did grains have any value in Rabbi's house?  And should you answer, They were fit for the poor, — surely it was taught: 'The garments of the poor for the poor, and the garments of the wealthy for the wealthy'.  But those of the poor are not [deemed fit] for the purpose of the wealthy?  But said Abaye, it is analogous to a chamber pot.  Raba observed: There are two refutations to this. Firstly, a chamber pot is repulsive, while this is not repulsive.  And secondly, a chamber pot is uncovered, whereas this is covered!  Rather, said Raba, when we were at R. Nahmanis we would handle a brazier on account of its ashes,  even if broken pieces of wood were lying upon it. An objection is raised: And both  agree that if it [a lamp] contains fragments of a wick, it may not be handled.  Said Abaye: They learnt this of Galilee. Levi b. Samuel met R. Abba and R. Huna b. Hiyya standing at the door of R. Huna's college. Said he to them: Is it permissible to re-assemble a weaver's frame on the Sabbath? — It is well, answered they. Then he went before Rab Judah, who said: Surely Rab and Samuel both rule: If one re-assembles a weaver's frame on the Sabbath, he as liable to a sin-offering. An objection is raised: If one puts back the branch of a candelabrum on the Sabbath, he is liable to a sin-offering; as for the joint of a whitewasher's pole,  it must not be re-inserted, yet if one does re-insert it, he is exempt, but it is forbidden.  R. Simai said: For a circular horn, one is liable; for a straight horn, one is exempt! — They  ruled as this Tanna. For it was taught: The sockets of a bed,  the legs of a bed, and the archer's tablets,  may not be re-inserted, yet if one does re-insert [them], he is not liable [to a sin-offering],