Commentary for Shabbat 155:9

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> המוציא חבל כדי לעשות אוזן לקופה גמי כדי לעשות תלאי לנפה ולכברה רבי יהודה אומר כדי ליטול ממנו מדת מנעל לקטן נייר כדי לכתוב עליו קשר מוכסין והמוציא קשר מוכסין חייב

The Master said: 'And the Sages agree with R. Simeon that if one carries out waste water into the street, the standard thereof is a rebi'ith.' For what is waste water fit?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' No penalty is incurred for carrying out something that is entirely useless. ');">¹⁶</span> Said R. Jeremiah: To knead clay therewith. But it was taught: Clay, [the standard is] as much as is required for making the hole of a smelting pot?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The hole through which the bellows are inserted. This requires less clay than is made with a rebi'ith of water, and since the waste water is regarded as being for the purpose of making clay, the standard should be only as much as is required for kneading this smaller quantity. ');">¹⁷</span> There is no difficulty: in the latter case it is kneaded, but in the former it is not [already] kneaded, because no man troubles to knead clay [only] for making the hole of a smelting pot. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. HE WHO CARRIES OUT CORD, [THE STANDARD IS] AS MUCH AS IS REQUIRED FOR MAKING A HANDLE FOR A BASKET; A REED CORD, AS MUCH AS IS REQUIRED FOR MAKING A HANGER FOR A SIEVE OR A BASKET-SIEVE. R. JUDAH SAID: AS MUCH AS IS REQUIRED FOR TAKING THE MEASURE OF A CHILD'S SHOE. PAPER, LARGE ENOUGH TO WRITE A TAX-COLLECTOR'S RECEIPT ON IT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'knot'. Rashi: the receipt was indicated by two letters above normal size. ');">¹⁸</span> (AND HE WHO CARRIES OUT A TAX-COLLECTOR'S RECEIPT IS LIABLE.)

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