Commentary for Shabbat 255:21

תנו רבנן מטלטלין את העצמות מפני שהוא מאכל לכלבים

It was stated: Salted meat may be handled on the Sabbath; unsalted<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'unsavoury'. ');">¹⁸</span> meat, — R. Huna says: It may be handled; R. Hisda rules: It may not be handled. 'R. Huna says: It may be handled'? But R. Huna was Rab's disciple, and Rab agrees with R. Judah who accepts [the prohibition of] mukzeh?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which applies to unsalted meat, since it is not fit for food. ');">¹⁹</span> — In [the interdict of] mukzeh in respect of eating he agrees with R. Judah;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That which is normally unfit for food may not be eaten, even if its owner wishes. ');">²⁰</span> in [the interdict] of mukzeh as regards handling he agrees with R. Simeon.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That it is permitted. ');">²¹</span> 'R. Hisda rules: It may not be handled.' But R. Isaac b. Ammi visited R. Hisda's house and he saw a [slaughtered] duck being moved from the sun into the shade, and R. Hisda observed, I see here a financial loss.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If you leave it in the sun. Thus they moved it at his orders. ');">²²</span> — A duck is different, because it is fit as raw meat. Our Rabbis taught: Salted fish may be handled; unsalted fish may not be handled;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because it cannot be eaten, nor will it be given to dogs, as one does not give to dogs what can be made fit for man. ');">²³</span> meat, whether unsalted or salted, may be handled; [and this is taught anonymously as R. Simeon].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence raw meat is permitted. Rashal, however. deletes the bracketed passage; v. Tosaf. ');">²⁴</span> Our Rabbis taught: Bones may be handled because they are food for dogs;

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