Commentary for Shabbat 23:7

ת"ש אין פולין לאור הנר ואין קורין לאור הנר אלו מן ההלכות שאמרו בעליית חנניה בן חזקיה בן גרון ש"מ דתרוייהו שמא יטה ש"מ

law for the Sabbath.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In general, steps must be taken before the Sabbath to avoid the desecration of the Sabbath. ');">¹³</span> &nbsp; &nbsp; ONE MAY NOT SEARCH HIS GARMENTS [FOR VERMIN] etc. The scholars propounded: [Does this mean], ONE MAY NOT SEARCH HIS GARMENTS by day, lest he kill [the vermin], and would this agree with R. Eliezer, (for it was taught, R. Eliezer said: If one kills vermin on the Sabbath, it is as though he killed a camel);<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it is a complete labour, and forbidden. ');">¹⁴</span>

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