Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Moed Katan 33:24

אמר רב יוסף שדי שמתא אגנובתא דכלבא ואיהי דידה עבדה דההוא כלבא דהוה אכיל מסאני דרבנן ולא הוו קא ידעי מנו ושמתו ליה איתלי ביה נורא בגנובתיה ואכלתיה

the letter value being the same. R'Joseph said, 'Cast a shammetha on the dog's tail and it will do its work'. For there was a dog that used to eat the Rabbis' shoes and they did not know what it was [that did it], so they pronounced a shammetha on the culprit, and the dog's tail caught fire and got burnt.

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