Commentary for Shabbat 202:8

לענין טומאה הוא דכתיב (במדבר יט, טז) בחלל חרב חרב הרי הוא כחלל אין אבל לענין שבת כיון דיכול להעמידה (היכר בעלמא הוא) אפילו בחוט הסרבל:

Now, it is only with respect to defilement where it is written, one that it slain with a sword,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XIX, 16. ');">¹⁴</span> [teaching.] the sword is like the slain,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e.. metal that touches a corpse has the same degree of uncleanness as the corpse itself (v. Pes. 14b). and therefore the chain defiles the ship. ');">¹⁵</span> that that [Samuel's dictum] is so. But with respect to the Sabbath, since it can hold it still, even [if it be] with the ribbon of a cloak, [it is sufficient].

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