Commentary for Shabbat 218:1

אימור דפליגי לענין טומאה וטהרה לענין שבת מי שמעת להו אלא אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק לא קשיא הא דאישתהי הא דלא אישתהי

Say that they differ in respect to uncleanness and purity; but do you know them [to differ] in respect of the Sabbath?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is totally different. ');">¹</span> Rather said R. Nahman b. Isaac: There is no difficulty: in the one case he tarries [there];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Then it is obvious that his purpose is to effect a cure. ');">²</span> in the other he does not tarry [there]. To what have you referred the second [Baraitha]? Where he does not tarry! If he does not tarry, [it is permitted] even in the water of steeping too. For it was taught: One may bathe in the waters of Tiberias and in the water of steeping and in the Lake of Sodom, even if he has scabs on his head. When is that? If he does not tarry [there]; but if he tarries [there], it is forbidden! — Rather [reply thus]: [The rulings on] the Great Sea are not contradictory: one refers to its wholesome [water]; the other to its malodorous [water].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The latter is forbidden, since no one would bathe therein for cleanliness. ');">³</span>

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