Commentary for Shabbat 246:16

מקלות דתנן מקלות דקין חלקין היו שם ומניחו על כתפו ועל כתף חבירו ותולה ומפשיט (אמר) רבי אלעזר ארבעה עשר שחל להיות בשבת מניח

were all learnt before the permission re [the handling of] utensils. 'Canes', for we learnt: Neither the placing of the canes nor their removal supersedes the Sabbath.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Canes were placed between the loaves of showbread, to permit the air to circulate about them, so that they should not become mouldy. The loaves were set from one Sabbath to the next. Since the canes might not be handled then, they would have to be removed on Friday and rearranged at the conclusion of the Sabbath. Thus for a short while the loaves would be without them. ');">²⁸</span> 'Staves, as we learnt: There were thin smooth staves there, which one placed on his shoulder and his fellow's shoulder, then he suspended [the sacrifice upon them] and skinned it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These staves were placed in the Temple court and used for the Passover sacrifice in the manner stated. ');">²⁹</span> R. Eleazar said: If the fourteenth [of Nisan] fell on a Sabbath, one placed

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