ושוין אלו ואלו שטוענין כו': מאי שנא כולהו דגזרו בהו ב"ש ומ"ש קורות בית הבד ועיגולי הגת דלא גזרו הנך דאי עביד להו בשבת מיחייב חטאת גזרו בהו ב"ש ע"ש עם חשכה קורות בית הבד ועיגולי הגת דאי עביד להו בשבת לא מיחייב חטאת לא גזרו
we learn that white [garments] are more difficult to wash than coloured ones. Abaye was giving a coloured garment to a fuller and asked him, How much do you want for it? 'As for a white garment,' he answered. 'Our Rabbis have already anticipated you,' said he.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I know from them that this requires less labour.
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Sifrei Devarim
"many days": "days" — two; "many" — three. We are hereby taught that peace is offered for two days, and a third day for the battle. And even though there is no proof for this, there is an intimation of it in (I Samuel 30:1) "And David and his men came to Tziklag on the third day." Variantly: From here it is derived that gentile cities are not besieged fewer than three days before the Sabbath, (so that the siege not extend into the Sabbath); but if the siege began, it is not interrupted. And a sea voyage is not begun fewer than three days before the Sabbath. When is this so? For a long voyage, but for a short one, it is permissible.
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Sifrei Devarim
(We are hereby taught that peace is offered for two days, and a third day before the battle. And so it states: (I Samuel 30:1) "And David Remained in Tziklag for two days." And gentile cities are not besieged fewer than three days before the Sabbath, (so that the siege not extend into the Sabbath); but if the siege began, it is not interrupted. This is one of three lessons taught by Shammai the Elder: A sea voyage is not begun fewer than three days before the Sabbath. When is this so? For a long voyage, but for a short one, it is permissible.)
