Commentary for Shabbat 108:21

אמר רב פפא והני דבי ריש גלותא נתפסו על כולי עלמא כי הא דאמר רבי חנינא מאי דכתיב (ישעיהו ג, יד) ה' במשפט יבא עם זקני עמו ושריו אם שרים חטאו

But said R. Huna, there is a certain wood in the sea towns called hanun, whereof a chip is brought and placed in her nostril to make her sneeze, so that the worms in her head should fall out. If so, the same [is required] for males? — Since the males butt each other, they fall out in any case. Simeon the Nazirite said: A chip of the juniper tree [is placed in its nostril]. As for R. Huna, it is well: hence HANUNOTH is mentioned. But according to the Rabbis, what is the meaning of HANUNOTH? — That an act of kindness is done for it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deriving HANUNOTH from hanan, to be gracious, kind. ');">¹⁷</span> NOR MAY A CALF GO OUT WITH A GIMON. What is the meaning of A CALF WITH A GIMON? — Said R. Huna: A little yoke.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To accustom it to bend its head under the yoke when it grows up. ');">¹⁸</span> Where is it implied that 'GIMON' connotes bending?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. preceding note. ');">¹⁹</span> In the verse, Is it to bow down his head as a rush [ke-agmon]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. LVIII, 5. ');">²⁰</span> NOR A COW WITH THE SKIN OF A HEDGEHOG. It is placed upon it to prevent hedgehogs<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Believed to suck and injure the udders of cattle' (Jast). ');">²¹</span> from sucking it. NOR WITH THE STRAP BETWEEN ITS HORNS. On Rab's view, whether as an ornament or as a protection, it is forbidden; on Samuel's view, as an ornament it is forbidden, as a protection it is permitted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 52a. ');">²²</span> R. ELEAZAR B. 'AZARIAH'S COW. Did he have [but] one cow? Surely Rab-others state, Rab Judah in Rab's name — said: The tithe of R. Eleazar b. 'Azariah's flocks amounted to thirteen thousand calves annually? — It was taught: This was not his,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the cow referred to in the Mishnah. ');">²³</span> but a female neighbour of his; yet since he did not protest thereat, it was designated his.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'it was called by his name'. ');">²⁴</span> Rab and R. Hanina, R. Johanan and R. Habiba taught [the following] (In the whole of the Order Mo'ed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Introduction to this Order, in this volume. ');">²⁵</span> whenever this pair<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., these four names. ');">²⁶</span> occur some substitute R. Jonathan for R. Johanan)<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is a parenthetic observation by the Talmud (Tosaf.). ');">²⁷</span> Whoever can forbid his household [to commit a sin] but does not, is seized<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Just as a pledge is seized for non-payment of debt. I.e., he is punished. ');">²⁸</span> for [the sins of] his household; [if he can forbid] his fellow citizens, he is seized for [the sins of] his fellow citizens; if the whole world, he is seized for [the sins of] the whole world. R. Papa observed, And the members of the Resh Galutha's [household]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 217. n. 7. ');">²⁹</span> are seized for the whole world. Even as R. Hanina said, Why is it written, The Lord will enter into judgement with the elders of his people, and the princes thereof:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Is'. Ill, 14. ');">³⁰</span> if the princes sinned,

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