Commentary for Shabbat 162:6

Raba recited it on account of the tearing out of hair, and found R. Johanan to be self-contradictory. [Thus:] did then R. Johanan say, One must not cleanse oneself with a shard on the Sabbath, which shows that what is unintentional is forbidden? Surely R. Johanan said: The <i>halachah</i> is as [every] anonymous Mishnah, and we learnt: A nazirite may cleanse [his hair] and part it, but he must not comb it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. supra 50b for notes. ');">¹⁹</span> But it is clear that it is as R. Nathan b. Oshaia. What is [the reference to] witchcraft? — R. Hisda and Rabbah son of R. Huna were travelling in a boat, when a certain [non-Jewish] matron said to them, 'Seat me near you,' but they did not seat her. Thereupon she uttered something [a charm] and bound the boat;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that it could not proceed further. ');">²⁰</span> they uttered something, and freed it. Said she to them, 'What shall I do to you,

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