Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Talmud for Ketubot 153:19

Jerusalem Talmud Ketubot

HALAKHAH: “The following one forces to divorce: Those smitten with boils,” etc. “The meqammeṣ.” This is the dung collector; but some say it is the tanner. Rebbi Ze‘ira said, the Mishnah implies that this is the dung collector since we have stated: “The meqammeṣ and the tanner.”166The Babli, 77a, explains the problem away that in the opinion of the dissenting Tosephta (7:11) there are different kinds of tanners, smelling differently. “The brass refiner.” Samuel said, that is the one who smelts brass from its ore167In the Babli, 77a, this is only one opinion; Rav disagrees and holds that he repairs metal pots..
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