Reference for Shabbat 86:8

לימא כתנאי אין מצילין את המת מפני הדליקה אמר ר' יהודה בן לקיש שמעתי שמצילין את המת מפני הדליקה היכי דמי אי דאיכא ככר או תינוק מ"ט דתנא קמא אי דליכא מ"ט דר' יהודה בן לקיש אלא לאו בטלטול מן הצד פליגי דמר סבר טלטול מן הצד שמיה טלטול ומ"ס לא שמיה טלטול לא דכ"ע טלטול מן הצד שמיה טלטול והיינו טעמא דר' יהודה בן לקיש דמתוך שאדם בהול על מתו

It was stated: If a corpse is lying in the sun, — Rab Judah maintained in Samuel's name: It may be changed over from bier to bier.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Until it reaches the shade. ');">¹³</span> R. Hanina said on Rab's authority: A loaf or a child is placed upon it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. supra 30b; infra 142b. ');">¹⁴</span> and it is moved away. Now, if a loaf or a child is available, all agree that that is permitted. When do they differ? — When they are not available: one Master holds, Sidelong moving is designated moving;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Moving indirectly, by changing over from bier to bier, is nevertheless moving, and forbidden. ');">¹⁵</span> while the other Master holds, Sidelong moving is not designated moving. Shall we say that this is dependent on Tannaim? A corpse may not be rescued from a conflagration.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the Sabbath, because it must not be handled. ');">¹⁶</span> R. Judah b. Lakish said: I have heard that a corpse may be rescued from a fire. What are the circumstances? if a loaf or a child is available, what is the reason of the first Tanna? If it is not,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And consequently the point at issue is whether the dead may be rescued directly. ');">¹⁷</span> what is the reason of R. Judah b. Lakish? Hence they surely differ in respect to sidelong moving, one Master holding that such is designated moving, while the other Master holds that it is not? — No. All agree that sidelong moving is designated moving, but this is the reason of R. Judah b. Lakish: since a man is agitated over his dead,

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