Talmud for Shabbat 240:14
אלא אמר רבא בר רב שילא היינו טעמייהו דרבנן דקסברי אסור לעמוד בפני השם ערום מכלל דר"י סבר מותר לעמוד בפני השם ערום דמנח ידיה עילויה
is permitted, while R. Jose holds that it is forbidden? But we know them [to maintain] the reverse. For it was taught: One may make a barrier of empty vessels and of full vessels which are not liable to burst; metal vessels. R. Jose said: The vessels of Kefar Shihin and Kefar Hananiah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Kefar means a village or country town. The former was probably near Shihin in the vicinity of Sepphoris; the latter was a town in Galilee. The earthen vessels made there were fire proof. ');"><sup>12</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat
It was stated: If a light was lying on a table he takes away the table and the light falls down203Babli 120b.. Rebbi Joḥanan said, this one is close to be liable for a purification sacrifice; forwards for setting a fire, backwards for extinguishing204He is violating a biblical Sabbath commandment. If he tilts the table forward the oil will swamp the wick and the light will burn more brightly; if he tilts backward there will be less oil for the wick and it will burn less bright. The argument presupposes a text like the one quoted in the Babli: “If a light was lying on a table he shakes the table and the light falls down; if it was extinguished it was extinguished.” If the light is extinguished on the dirt floor (no danger of setting the house on fire) this is not his action but what happens during the tilting is his intended action.. Samuel bar Abba before Rebbi Yasa: when it was extinguished. He told him, may your mind be at rest205This is an abbreviated version of a talmudic saying, “may your mind be at rest for you put mine at rest.” He accepted the explanation (which would be impossible for the Babli’s version.) Naḥmanides (Novellae ad 120a) quoted by RAN (Commentary to Alfasi #454) prefers the Yerushalmi version to the Babli’s.. Where do we hold? If following Rebbi Meïr, even the table should be forbidden206Since the light was burning there at nightfall, the table is its necessary base and forbidden with the light.. If following Rebbi Simeon, even the light should be permitted207Since he permits the light to be moved after it burned out, so much more the table.. But here following Rebbi Jehudah, since Rebbi Jehudah says, a pottery light is disgusting, a table is not disgusting.
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