Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Reference for Shabbat 300:13

כלל אמר אבא שאול כל שאני וכו': (איבעיא להו) אבא שאול אהייא אילימא ארישא קאי אין מחשיכין על התחום לשכור פועלים להביא פירות

But what can the purpose in connection with a corpse be? [Presumably] in order to bring a coffin and shrouds; yet he [the Tanna] specifies a corpse. but not another;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though bringing a coffin and shrouds is just the same as bringing any other article. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> yet why so: let us argue that [it is permissible for another too], for if there were walls there he might bring [articles even on the Sabbath]? — In the case of a corpse too, it is conceivable where the purpose is to cut out shrouds for him.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By analogy, another might desire to go to the tehum in order to be ready to cut out a suit, and this is forbidden. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> BUT ONE MAY GO TO THE TEHUM TO AWAIT NIGHTFALL, etc. Though he did not recite habdalah?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.. and p. 333, n. 2. The difficulty is the last clause: surely he may not cut down produce before reciting habdalah? ');"><sup>13</sup></span> Surely R. Eleazar b. Antigonus said on R. Eliezer b. Jacob's authority: One is forbidden to attend to his affairs before reciting habdalah. And should you answer that he recites habdalah in the Prayer,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The 'Prayer' always refers to the 'Eighteen Benedictions', in the fourth of which a habdalah passage is inserted; v. P.B. p. 94d; Elbogen, Der Judische Gottesdienst, pp. 46f; 120f. ');"><sup>14</sup></span> surely Rab Judah said in Samuel's name: He who recites habdalah in the Prayer must [also] recite it over a cup [of wine]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Habdalah originally was not a statutory addition to the Sabbath evening Prayer; op. cit. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> And should you answer that he does recite habdalah over a cup. — [it may be asked] is a cup procurable in the fields? — R. Nathan b. Ammi explained this before Raba: They learnt this of the season of wine pressing.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A cup of wine is then obtainable in the fields. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> R. Abba said to R. Ashi: In the West [Palestine] we say thus: 'He who makes a distinction between holy and profane', and then we attend to our affairs. R. Ashi related: 'When I was at R. Kahana's academy he used to recite, 'Who makest a distinction between holy and profane,' and then we chopped up logs. ABBA SAUL STATED A GENERAL PRINCIPLE: WHATEVER I HAVE, etc. To what does Abba Saul refer? Shall we say that he refers to the first clause, [viz.,] ONE MUST NOT GO TO THE TEHUM TO AWAIT NIGHTFALL, IN ORDER TO HIRE LABOURERS OR BRING IN PRODUCE, —

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