Talmud for Shabbat 180:5

ר' יהודה אומר אף המוציא כו': ותנא קמא סבר לא מאי טעמא דילמא אכיל ליה אי הכי טהור נמי דהא רב כהנא הוה קאים קמיה דרב והוה קמעבר שושיבא אפומיה אמר ליה שקליה דלא לימרו מיכל קאכיל ליה וקעבר משום (ויקרא יא, מג) בל תשקצו את נפשותיכם אלא דילמא מיית ואכיל ליה ורבי יהודה אי מיית קטן מיספד ספיד ליה:

Abaye observed: And it is found in a palm tree of [only] one covering, and it is prepared [as food] for [acquiring] wisdom; one eats half of its right [side] and half of its left, places it [the rest] in a brass tube and seals it with sixty [i.e., many] seals and suspends it around his left arm; and the token thereof is. A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart is at his left.9 He acquires as much wisdom as he desires, studies as much as he desires, and [then] eats the other half, for if [he does] not, his learning will vanish.10 R. JUDAH SAID: ALSO HE WHO CARRIES OUT, etc. But the first Tanna holds, Not so.11

Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat

“Bast to make a hanger for a small or large sieve.” This you are saying about the inner part. But for the outer parts to make two loops⁷²If the bast is used to crochet. for a small or large sieve. It was stated⁷³Babli 68b, Tosephta 8:9.: “Palm fiber to make a handle for an Egyptian basket.” This you are saying for soft ones, but for hard ones to make a border⁷⁴Of a basket.. If one took out a willow container he is liable⁷⁵Cf. Tosephta 9:4. A complete vessel always induces liability even if it is miniaturized.. Palm leaves two. Vine shoots, for planting two, as animal feed a goat’s mouthful, as wood according to the measure of wood⁷⁶Fuel to boil a chicken egg.. One who brings out two hairs from a horse’s tail or a cow’s tail is liable because one uses them to make snares⁷⁷Babli 90b, Tosephta 9:1.. Bristles from pig, there are Tannaim who state, two, and there are Tannaim who state, one⁷⁸Babli 90b, Tosephta 9:2. According to the Tosephta, R. Simeon states “one”; this is the only opinion quoted in the Babli.. He who says two, of soft ones, but he who says one, of hard ones. Kernels, for planting, two, as animal feed a pig’s mouthful⁷⁹Babli 90b.. What is its mouthful? One. Others say, the number five⁸⁰If it were four or less, a number would have been given rather than an indefinite “mouthful”.. If one took out calamint, hyssop, or thyme⁸¹Tosephta 8:31. The determination of the plant names follows Maimonides., if as human food, in the volume of a dried fig, if an animal feed a goat’s mouthful, as wood according to the measure of wood⁷⁶Fuel to boil a chicken egg., if for sprinkling according to the measure of sprinkling⁸²In the ceremony purifying from the impurity of the dead (Num. 19), two stalks of hyssop are used..

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