Reference for Shabbat 75:10
ב"ה אומרים אף מחזירין: אמר רב ששת לדברי האומר
But when those who intentionally left [it there] grew numerous, and they pleaded, We had forgotten [it on the stove], they [the Sages] retraced their steps and penalized him who forgot. Now, R. Meir is self-contradictory, and R. Judah is [likewise] self-contradictory?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 37a. There R. Meir forbids a dish, even if sufficiently cooked, whilst here he permits it. On the other hand, R. Judah permits there a dish if sufficiently cooked, whilst here he forbids it. — The views they both give there of Beth Hillel's ruling must be regarded as their own too, since the halachah is always as Beth Hillel. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> — R. Meir is not self-contradictory: the one means at the outset; the other, if done.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On 37a the question is what may be done at the outset; there R. Meir rules that one must not leave a dish on the stove, even if it was sufficiently cooked before the Sabbath. But here he rules that if it was so left it is permitted. ');"><sup>18</sup></span> R. Judah too is not self-contradictory: there it means that it [the stove] was swept or covered with ashes;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Then the dish is permitted. ');"><sup>19</sup></span> here, that it was not swept or covered with ashes. The scholars propounded: What if one transgressed and deliberately left it? Did the Rabbis penalize him or not? — Come and hear: For Samuel b. Nathan said in R. Hanina's name: When R. Jose went to Sepphoris, he found hot water which had been left on the stove, and did not forbid it to them; [he also found] shrunken eggs,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Eggs boiled or roasted down to a small size. ');"><sup>20</sup></span> and forbade them to them. Surely it means for that Sabbath?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He forbade them to eat the eggs on that Sabbath. This answers the question. ');"><sup>21</sup></span> — No: for the following Sabbath.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He told them not to leave the eggs on the stove for the future. ');"><sup>22</sup></span> Now, this implies that shrunken eggs go on shrinking and are thereby improved? — Yes. For R. Hama b. Hanina said: My Master and I were once guests in a certain place, and eggs shrunk to the size of crab-apples were brought before us, and we ate many of them. BETH HILLEL RULE: ONE MAY REPLACE [IT] TOO. R. Shesheth said: On the view of him who maintains