Related%20passage for Shabbat 58:7

אבין ציפוראה גרר ספסלא בעיליתא דשישא לעילא מרבי יצחק בן אלעזר א"ל אי שתוקי לך כדשתיקו ליה חבריא לר' יהודה נפיק מיניה חורבא גזירה עליתא דשישא אטו עליתא דעלמא

Said they [the Sages] to him, Thence [you adduce] proof? The house of Nithzeh is different, because they were most heedful.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And there was no fear of their drawing off oil. ');">¹⁷</span> Abin of Sepphoris dragged a bench in a stone-paved upper chamber in the presence of R. Isaac b. Eleazar, Said he to him, If I let this pass in silence,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'if I am silent for you'. ');">¹⁸</span> as his companions kept silent before R. Judah, harm will ensue: a stone-paved chamber is forbidden on account of an ordinary chamber.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is earth-paved; dragging there is prohibited because it forms a rut. ');">¹⁹</span>

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