Musar for Shabbat 36:1

מוגמר וגפרית מ"ט שרו ב"ש התם מנח אארעא גיגית ונר וקדרה ושפוד מ"ט שרו ב"ש דמפקר להו אפקורי

why are a perfume brazier and sulphur permitted?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For on this hypothesis the Baraitha must agree with Beth Shammai, since the placing of wheat in a mill is forbidden. ');">¹</span> — There it lies upon the earth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not in a vessel. ');">²</span> What of a tank [for brewing beer], a lamp, a pot and a spit-why do Beth Shammai permit [them]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Beer brews in its tank more than eight days, thus including the Sabbath. Similarly, the lamp burns during the Sabbath, the pot stands on the heated range, causing some shrinkage of its contents, and the spit was allowed to lie in the oven with the Passover sacrifice roasting on Friday night. Thus all these utensils are employed on the Sabbath. ');">³</span>

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