Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Talmud for Shabbat 225:7

א"ר אבא אמר רב חייא בר אשי אמר רב מביא אדם חבל מתוך ביתו וקושרו בפרה ובאיבוס איתיביה רבי אחא אריכא דהוא רבי אחא בר פפא לרבי אבא חבל שבאיבוס קושרו בפרה ושבפרה קושרו באיבוס ובלבד שלא יביא חבל מתוך ביתו ויקשור בפרה ובאיבוס התם חבל דעלמא הכא חבל דגרדי

It was stated: R. Nahman said in Samuel's name: A weaver's implements may be handled on the Sabbath, even the upper beam and the lower beam, but not the [vertical] rollers.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Perforated rollers used by women in weaving. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> Raba asked R. Nahman: Why are rollers different, that it is not [permitted]? Shall we say, because one makes holes?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The roller is set in the ground, and in pulling it out one naturally dislodges the earth around it and thus makes a hole. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> But the holes are made automatically!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., they cannot be regarded as made by him. ');"><sup>18</sup></span>

Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat

HALAKHAH: Mishnah. “A donkey may go out with its saddle cloth,” etc. Samuel said, if it was tied to it from before the Sabbath. Ḥanin from Gophtia said before Samuel, Rav Ḥiyya bar Ashi does not act like this. He told him, Rav uses kleisterin, as it was stated: rams go out with kleisterin37It is not clear what this means. One possibility is κλεῖστρον, τό = κλεῖθρον “bar, boom, fence”. Rosh who quotes the paragraph in extenso (Chapter 5 No. 2) reads טרסקל which is a feeding basket bound to the animal’s head. Such a feeding basket is appropriate for cattle used for agricultural work; it is inappropriate for rams. Also since rams are not dangerous, except maybe for competing rams, there seems to be no reason why rams should be muzzled. The only explanation for a lock for rams would be a contraption which would prevent the ram to mount ewes except under control of the owner. This is accepted in Mishnah 2.. Rebbi Aḥa bar Papa objected before Rebbi Zeˋira: But was it not stated38Babli 113a.: a rope tied to a cow may be tied to the feeding trough, the feeding trough may be tied to a cow. One understands a cow’s may be tied to the feeding trough. May from the feeding trough be tied to a cow? Would he not use the animal’s sides on the Sabbath39Since it is biblically forbidden to ride animals on the Sabbath it is rabbinically forbidden to lean on animals. In harnessing an animal it is difficult to avoid leaning on it.? Rebbi Abba said, explain it for knots which are not permanent40This is difficult to understand. Since making a permanent knot is a biblical violation of the Sabbath (Mishnah 7:2) it is clear that all tying of ropes on the Sabbath must be loops that are easily undone.. Rebbi Yose said, is there a difference for sides of an animal whether the knot is permanent or not permanent? Rebbi Shammai said, explain it following Rebbi Simeon ben Eleazar, as it was stated, Rebbi Simeon ben Eleazar said, it is permitted to use the sides of an animal on the Sabbath41As anonymous opinion Babli 154b.. There is no difference between sides of an animal and sides of a tree42Since biblically it is forbidden to cut a branch from a tree, rabbinically it is forbidden to climb it on the Sabbath.. Rebbi Mana said, I confirmed it if he connects rope to rope43If the cow is lead to or from the feeding trough, it is not touched at all but a rope attached to the trough is tied or untied to the rope around the cow’s neck..
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