Commentary for Shabbat 202:7

לעולם דיכול להעמידן ושמואל לאפוקי מדנפשי' קאתי דתנן קשרה בדבר המעמידה מביא לה טומאה בדבר שאין מעמידה אין מביא לה טומאה ואמר שמואל והוא שקשורה בשלשלת של ברזל

Samuel said: Even if they are tied by a cloak ribbon. How is that: if it can hold them together, it is obvious? If it cannot hold them together, why [does it suffice]? — In truth, it is one that can hold them together, but Samuel comes to discount his own [dictum]. For we learnt: If one ties it [a ship]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If it is a ship that can be defiled (v. supra 83b). ');">¹²</span> with something that holds it still, it brings defilement to it; with something that does not hold it still, it does not bring defilement to it. Whereon Samuel observed: Providing that it is fastened with iron chains.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi: If a ship is moored by a chain to a wharf where a corpse is lying and touching the chain. Tosaf. explains the passage quite differently but with emendation of the text. ');">¹³</span>

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