Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Talmud for Shabbat 217:4

ואמר מר עוקבא מי שנגפה ידו או רגלו צומתה ביין ואינו חושש איבעיא להו חלא מאי אמר רב הלל לרב אשי כי הוינא בי רב כהנא אמרי חלא לא אמר רבא והני בני מחוזא כיון דמפנקי אפילו חמרא נמי מסי להו

Mar 'Ukba said in Samuel's name: All kinds of cuscuta are permitted, except teruza.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A kind of cucumber or melon possessing medicinal properties. These are used for no other purpose; hence they are forbidden (cf. p. 527, n. 16). ');"><sup>9</sup></span> R. Hisda said: To glair roast meat<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rashi; R. Han.: to strain off the juice of melon, which is taken as a laxative. V. Tosaf. a.l. ');"><sup>10</sup></span> is permitted; to make hashed eggs<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a hash of roasted eggs beaten up. ');"><sup>11</sup></span>

Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat

71Babli 109a. One may bathe in the ocean and in the waters of Tiberias even though one intends to do this for medical purposes, but not in water used for soaking flax or in the Dead Sea72Since everybody bathes both in the ocean or in the Sea of Galilee or the hot springs of Tiberias also on weekdays, nobody will notice that one bathes for medical reasons. But in a natural pond used to treat flax or in the Dead Sea one bathes only for medical reasons; this is rabbinically forbidden.. When? If he intended this for medical purposes; therefore to lift himself from impurity to purity it is permitted73Using the pond or the Dead Sea as a miqweh cannot be forbidden since it is biblically justified.. Rebbi Samuel, Rebbi Berekhiah’s brother said, on condition that he not tarry74Since immersion in a miqweh is done very quickly, staying in the water for more than a minimal time would be proof that the bathing was for medical purposes..
Ask RabbiBookmarkShareCopy
Previous VerseFull ChapterNext Verse