Commentary for Shabbat 93:4

וכי תימא חזו לעניים והתניא בגדי עניים לעניים בגדי עשירים לעשירים אבל דעניים לעשירים לא אלא אמר אביי מידי דהוה אגרף של ריעי

Raba observed: There are two refutations to this. Firstly, a chamber pot is repulsive, while this is not repulsive.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the former must be removed. ');">¹⁰</span> And secondly, a chamber pot is uncovered, whereas this is covered!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Their shovels or coal pans were covered with a lid or top. ');">¹¹</span> Rather, said Raba, when we were at R. Nahmanis we would handle a brazier on account of its ashes,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when the ashes were needed for covering anything. These ashes were counted upon for this from before the Sabbath, and hence the whole might be handled. So here too, R. Romanus states that Rabbi permitted him to handle a fumigating pan on account of the ashes. ');">¹²</span>

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