Commentary for Shabbat 105:4

בעא מיניה רב אסי בר נתן מר' חייא בר רב אשי מהו ליתן מרדעת על גבי חמור בשבת אמר ליה מותר א"ל וכי מה בין זה לאוכף אישתיק

R. Assi b. Nathan asked R. Hiyya b. R. Ashi: May the cushion be placed on an ass on the Sabbath?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not to be led out with it, but to warm it. ');">⁶</span> It is permitted, replied he. Said he to him, Yet wherein does this differ from a saddle? He remained silent. Thereupon he refuted him:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thinking that his silence meant that no answer was necessary, the difference being too obvious. ');">⁷</span>

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