Commentary for Shabbat 277:16

אדאזיל נח נפשיה דלוי אמר שמואל לרב מנשיא אי חכימת שלח להו שלח להו כילה חזרנו על כל צידי כילה ולא מצינו לה צד היתר

The citizens of Bashkar<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Caskar, the chief town in the Mesene region. on the right bank of the old Tigris; directly opposite, on the left bank, lay Wasit, and the two are to some extent identified; v. Obermeyer. pp. 91-3. ');">²⁹</span> sent [a question] to Levi: What about [setting up] a canopy [on the Sabbath]; what about cuscuta in a vineyard?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Does it infringe the prohibition against divers plants being sown together? v. Deut. XXII, 9. ');">³⁰</span>

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