Commentary for Shabbat 256:24

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The Master said: 'If she needs a lamp, her neighbour may kindle a lamp for her.' That is obvious? — This is necessary [to be taught] only in the case of a blind [woman]: you might argue, Since she cannot see it, it is forbidden; hence he informs us that we tranquillize her mind, [as] she reasons, if there is anything [required] my friend will see it and do it for me. 'If she needs oil, etc.' [But] deduce it on the grounds of wringing out?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if she brings it in her hair she must then wring it out, which is just as much forbidden as carrying it in a vessel. Since this is so, why not carry it ordinarily? ');">²¹</span> — Rabbah and R. Joseph both answer: [The interdict of] wringing out does not apply to hair. R. Ashi said: You may even say that wringing out does apply to hair: she brings it to her in a vessel by means of her hair,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The vessel is attached to her hair. ');">²²</span> [because] as much as we can vary it we do so.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When the Sabbath must be desecrated, we do it in as unusual a manner as possible. ');">²³</span> Rab Judah said in Samuel's name: If a woman is in confinement, as long as the uterus is open, whether she states, 'I need it,' or 'I do not need it,' we must desecrate the Sabbath on her account. If the uterus is closed, whether she says,

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