Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Related for Shabbat 162:1

חסדא מהו להעלותם אחריו לגג א"ל גדול כבוד הבריות שדוחה את לא תעשה שבתורה יתיב מרימר וקאמר לה להא שמעתא איתיביה רבינא למרימר ר' אליעזר אומר נוטל אדם קיסם משלפניו לחצות בו שיניו וחכמים אומרים לא יטול אלא מן האבוס של בהמה הכי השתא התם אדם קובע מקום לסעודה הכא אדם קובע מקום לבית הכסא

Is it permissible to carry them up [the stones] after one to the roof?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since he could have carried them up there on the eve of Sabbath, Tosaf. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> Human dignity is very important, he replied, and it supersedes a negative injunction of the Torah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it is permitted. v. infra 94b. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> Now, Meremar sat and reported this discussion, [whereupon] Rabina raised an objection to Meremar: R. Eliezer said: One may take a chip [lying] before him to pick his teeth therewith;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though not designated for this purpose beforehand, it is not regarded as mukzeh (q.v. Glos.). ');"><sup>3</sup></span> but the Sages maintain: He may take only from an animal's trough?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' There it is regarded as standing ready for use, but otherwise it is mukzeh, and human dignity, viz., the necessity to clean one's teeth, does not negative this prohibition. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>

Tosefta Beitzah (Lieberman)

R. Eliezer says: One may take a sliver of wood to pick his teeth with; but the Sages declare it forbidden, But he may take something from the manger located in front of the cattle - only he should not tear it off - in order to poke his teeth with it If he tore it off on the Sabbath, he is obligated to make a sin offering; if he has torn it down on the holiday, he gets the lashes. R. Eliezer says: A scion from the yard, one may gather it up and set it on fire, only he should not intend to pile them up in heaps; R. Shimon declares it permissible, for everything that is in the courtyard is already there.
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