Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Talmud for Shabbat 87:6

אבל כוס וקערה ועששית לא יזיזם ממקומם מאי שנא הני אמר עולא סיפא אתאן לר' יהודה

Abaye observed: R. Eliezer son of R. Simeon agrees with his father on one [point] and disagrees with him on another. He agrees with his father on one [point] in reflecting [the prohibition of] mukzeh. Yet he disagrees with him on another: for whereas his father holds, Only if it is extinguished [is it permitted], but not otherwise; he holds, Even if it is not extinguished. 'But a cup, dish, or glass lantern may not be stirred from its place'. Wherein do these differ? — Said 'Ulla: This last clause follows R. Judah. Mar Zutra demurred to this: If so, why 'but'? — Rather, said Mar Zutra: In truth, it follows R. Simeon; yet R. Simeon permits [handling] only in the case of a small lamp, because one's mind is set upon it;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thinking, the oil will not last long, and when it goes out I will use the lamp. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> but not [in the case of] these, which are large. But it was taught: The residue of oil in a lamp or in a dish is forbidden; while R. Simeon permits [it]? — There the dish is similar to the lamp:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., small. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>

Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat

As it was stated175Babli 44a, Tosephta 3:15 (ed. Liebermann).: “All lights may be moved except the light which was burning on the Sabbath, the words of Rebbi Meïr. Rebbi Jehudah says, it is permitted to move a new light but forbidden to move an old one176A light which never had been used may be moved on the Sabbath but one which had been used is disgusting; he considers everything disgusting as muqṣeh on the Sabbath.. Rebbi Simeon says, all lights may be moved except the light which was burning on the Sabbath; if it burned out it is permitted to move it177In contrast to R. Meïr he allows a light to be moved after it stopped burning..”
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