Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Talmud for Shabbat 188:10

תניא ר"ש בן אלעזר אומר צפורן שפירש רובה וציצין שפרשו רובן ביד מותר בכלי חייב חטאת מי איכא מידי דבכלי חייב חטאת וביד מותר לכתחלה הכי קאמר פירשו רובן ביד מותר בכלי פטור אבל אסור לא פירשו רובן ביד פטור אבל אסור בכלי חייב חטאת אמר רב יהודה הלכה כרבי שמעון בן אלעזר אמר רבה בר בר חנה אמר רבי יוחנן והוא שפרשו כלפי מעלה ומצערות אותו:

[hence] he informs us [otherwise]. R. Eleazar also said: They differ only [where one does it] for himself; but [if he does it] for his neighbour, all agree that he is not culpable. That is obvious, [for] we learnt, HIS NAILS? You might say. R. Eliezer holds [him] culpable even [if he does it] for his neighbour, while as to what is stated — HIS NAILS, that is to teach you the extent of the Rabbis[' ruling]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., that he is not culpable even when he pares his own nails. ');"><sup>18</sup></span>

Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat

HALAKHAH: 63Discussion of Mishnah 7. In A simply a note: (new) Mishnah. Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Ḥanina: Where do they differ? If he himself took them but if another took them they are disgusting64Since it is unprofessional to trim somebody else’s fingernail with his fingers, even R. Eliezer must agree that there is no liability created. Babli 94b.. The words of the Sages, Rebbi Aḥa, Rebbi Naḥum in the name of Rav, he is never liable unless he take them with a grooming knife65Greek κνηστήρ, -ῆρος, ὁ. S. Liebermann, Tosefta kiFshutah Šabbat p. 137, Note 31, supported by the reading of A. In the Babli, the word appears as גנוסטר. In contrast to the Yerushalmi which requires a professional tool, the Babli declares liability for the use of any tool, 94b.. Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Ḥanina: The one who braids is liable because of building66Babli 94b/95a.. This follows what Rebbi Joḥanan said in the name of Rebbi Banaya: At our place they call builder one who is plaiting67Berakhot61a, explaining Gen. 2:22, not that God built up the rib, but that He braided the side (the female side of the human created as Siamese twin, Gen. 1:27.). Rebbi Zeˋira said, would it not be reasonable that it should be because of weaving? The argument of Rebbi Zeˋira is inverted, for there said Rebbi Zeˋira, Rebbi Ḥiyya in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan, one who plaits three hairs of a human is liable because of weaving; Rebbi Zeˋira said, is it not spinning rather than weaving? And here he says so! There if they are few, here for many68Plaiting a few hairs is like spinning, braiding a full head of hair is like weaving.. That is what you say about a human, but for an animal it is pure, as it was stated: One who makes a belt69Latin fascia, -ae, f.. under the heart, to beautify, or to fasten the bags70Latin marsupium, -ii,n.., to hang it around an animal’s neck, is pure71This has nothing to do with the rules of the Sabbath. It is a side remark that only vessels and implements for human use are susceptible to impurity, not anything manufactured for exclusive use as decoration of animals. Cf. Tosephta Kelim Bava batra 4:14.. That is, for simple ones. But if the are folded, whether for human or for animal they are impure72The moment anything can be used as a container it is usable for a human and therefore subject to impurity even if used for animals.. The one who applies kohl is liable because of writing;73Since circling the eye with kohl amounts to writing the letter ס or the paleo-Hebrew ˋayin, o. the one who puts on make-up is liable because of dyeing66Babli 94b/95a..
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