Commentary for Shabbat 83:5

סבר רב יוסף למימר ספל הרי הוא כאמבטי א"ל אביי תני ר' חייא ספל אינו כאמבטי ולמאי דסליק אדעתא מעיקרא דספל הרי הוא כאמבטי ואמר רב נחמן הלכה כרבי שמעון בן מנסיא אלא בשבת רחיצה בחמין ליכא

but in the case of a bath, hot into cold [is permitted], but not cold into hot.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The water is needed for washing, and must be very hot. Therefore if the latter case is permitted, we fear that one will come intentionally to heat water in a forbidden manner. The reference is to a bath which is a 'second vessel', and yet it is forbidden for this reason. ');">¹²</span> But R. Simeon b. Menassia forbids it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even hot into cold. ');">¹³</span> R. Nahman said: The <i>halachah</i> is as R. Simeon b. Menassia.

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