Commentary for Shabbat 117:9

ולא בעיר של זהב: מאי בעיר של זהב רבה בר בר חנה א"ר יוחנן ירושלים דדהבא

R. Johanan said: When one is fleeing from the field of battle, he places this [shoe] on his [own] feet and runs over briars and thorns.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thus R. Johanan justifies its uncleanness only because it is still fit for a usage of the original nature. ');">¹⁶</span> Wherein do Rab and R. Johanan differ? — Where it is repulsive.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For drinking. Hence, on Rab's view it is not subject to defilement, but on R. Hanina's it is. Rab disregards its possible use as an oil container, holding that soldiers dispense with oil on a field of battle. ');">¹⁷</span> R. Johanan and R. Hanina differ where it is [too] heavy.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For running. According to R. Hanina it is nevertheless susceptible to defilement, but not according to R. Johanan. ');">¹⁸</span> NOR WITH A GOLDEN CITY, what is meant by, WITH A GOLDEN CITY? — Rabbah b. Bar Hanah said in R. Johanan's name: A golden Jerusalem.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An ornament with the picture or the engraving of Jerusalem; v. T.A., I, p. 662, n. 961. ');">¹⁹</span>

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