Commentary for Shabbat 256:14

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> כיצד מסעדין רב יהודה אמר אוחז את הולד שלא יפול לארץ רב נחמן אמר דוחק בבשר כדי שיצא הולד

<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. ONE MAY NOT DELIVER AN ANIMAL [IN GIVING BIRTH] ON A FESTIVAL, BUT ONE MAY ASSIST IT. WE MAY DELIVER A WOMAN ON THE SABBATH, SUMMON A MIDWIFE FOR HER FROM PLACE TO PLACE, DESECRATE THE SABBATH ON HER ACCOUNT, AND TIE UP THE NAVEL-STRING. R. JOSE SAID: ONE MAY CUT [IT] TOO. AND ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF CIRCUMCISION MAY BE DONE ON THE SABBATH.

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