Commentary for Shabbat 179:6
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> פלפלת כל שהוא ועטרן כל שהוא מיני בשמים ומיני מתכות כל שהן מאבני המזבח ומעפר המזבח מקק ספרים ומקק מטפחותיהם כל שהוא שמצניעין אותן לגונזן רבי יהודה אומר אף המוציא משמשי ע"ז כל שהוא שנאמר (דברים יג, יח) ולא ידבק בידך מאומה מן החרם:
But if you maintain that it is sulphur, is then sulphur subject to shebi'ith? Surely it was taught: This is the general rule: Whatever as a root is subject to shebi'ith, but that which has no root is not subject to shebi'ith? But what is borith? Ahala.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jast.: a mineral substance used for cleansing. Maim. Nid. IX, 6. states that it is a vegetable. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> But it was taught: And borith and ahala?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is not the same Baraitha as cited before; v. Maharsha. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>
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