Commentary for Shabbat 58:12

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> המכבה את הנר מפני שהוא מתירא מפני נכרים ומפני ליסטי' מפני רוח רעה מפני החולה שיישן פטור כחס על הנר כחס על השמן כחס על הפתילה חייב רבי יוסי פוטר בכולן חוץ מן הפתילה מפני שהוא עושה פחם:

or from the rain when it is raining;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reference is to garments containing the forbidden mixture of wool and linen (v. Deut. XXII, 11) sold to Gentiles. Merchants slung their wares across their shoulders for display, and though some protection is afforded thereby and it is like wearing them, it is permitted. ');">³¹</span> but the strictly religious<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] 'modest','humble', hence punctilious in carrying out religious duties. V. Buchler, Types p. 60ff]. ');">³²</span> sling them on a staff behind their back.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that they do not actually lie upon them. ');">³³</span> Now here that it is possible to do as the strictly religious, it is the same as small [articles of furniture], yet when one has no intention R. Simeon permits it at the outset? This refutation of R. Jeremiah Rabbah is indeed a refutation. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. IF ONE EXTINGUISHES THE LAMP BECAUSE HE IS AFRAID OF GENTILES, ROBBERS, OR AN EVIL SPIRIT,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. MGWJ. 11 [1927] pp. 162-165. ');">³⁴</span> OR FOR THE SAKE OF AN INVALID, THAT HE SHOULD SLEEP, HE IS NOT CULPABLE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For desecrating the Sabbath. ');">³⁵</span> IF [BECAUSE] HE WOULD SPARE THE LAMP, THE OIL, OR THE WICK, HE IS CULPABLE. R. JOSE EXEMPTS HIM IN ALL CASES, EXCEPT IN RESPECT OF THE WICK, BECAUSE HE MAKES CHARCOAL.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By extinguishing the light he makes kindling material, i.e., prepares the wick for easier lighting. ');">³⁶</span>

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