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מאי כשפים כי הא דרב חסדא ורבה בר רב הונא הוו קא אזלי בארבא אמרה להו ההיא מטרוניתא אותבן בהדייכו ולא אותבוה אמרה איהי מילתא אסרתה לארבא אמרו אינהו מילתא שריוהא אמרה להו מאי איעביד לכו

Raba recited it on account of the tearing out of hair, and found R. Johanan to be self-contradictory. [Thus:] did then R. Johanan say, One must not cleanse oneself with a shard on the Sabbath, which shows that what is unintentional is forbidden? Surely R. Johanan said: The <i>halachah</i> is as [every] anonymous Mishnah, and we learnt: A nazirite may cleanse [his hair] and part it, but he must not comb it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' v. supra 50b for notes. ');">¹⁹</span> But it is clear that it is as R. Nathan b. Oshaia. What is [the reference to] witchcraft? — R. Hisda and Rabbah son of R. Huna were travelling in a boat, when a certain [non-Jewish] matron said to them, 'Seat me near you,' but they did not seat her. Thereupon she uttered something [a charm] and bound the boat;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So that it could not proceed further. ');">²⁰</span> they uttered something, and freed it. Said she to them, 'What shall I do to you,

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