Rif Shabbat 33b

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33b

{Shabbat 78b continues}
{Paste, the Rif moves to the next Mishna,} PITCH AND SULPHUR, FOR MAKING A PERFORATION [THEREIN] {for the vial in which mercury is kept is closed with a perforated stopper of pitch or sulphur}; WAX, FOR PUTTING OVER A SMALL HOLE {as a plug}.

{Shabbat 79b}
Gemara:
Rav said: Duksustos {an inferior type of parchment} is as parchment: just as tefillin may be written upon parchment, so may they be written upon duksustos.

And so is the halacha.
And tefillin we do not write on duksustos, but rather, only on parchment.

{Shabbat 78b}
MISHNA:
PASTE, FOR PUTTING ON THE TOP OF A LIME BOARD [SHAFSHAF] {to catch birds - this element was moved down in the list in the Mishna},

CLAY, FOR MAKING A HOLE IN A GOLD REFINER'S POT {through which he inserts his bellows}.
R. JUDAH SAID: FOR MAKING A [TRIPOD'S] PEG. {A leg of the tripod which supports the refiner's pot.}

BRAN, FOR PUTTING ON THE MOUTH OF A GOLD REFINER'S POT;

LIME FOR SMEARING THE SMALLEST FINGER OF GIRLS {our Mishna: omit the word finger, and thus we have: the smallest of girls}
R. JUDAH SAID: ENOUGH TO PRODUCE A HAIR-CROWN [KALKAL]
R. NEHEMIAH SAID: ENOUGH FOR MAKING SIDE-CURLS [ONTAFE] {our gemara: Ondafe}

{Shabbat 80b}
[IF ONE CARRIES OUT] EARTH [A KIND OF CLAY], [THE STANDARD IS] AS MUCH AS IS REQUIRED FOR A SEAL ON PACKING BAGS {=large bags in which ships' cargoes were carried}; THIS IS R. AKIBA'S VIEW.
BUT THE SAGES SAY; AS MUCH AS IS REQUIRED FOR THE SEAL ON LETTERS {a smaller standard}

[FOR] MANURE, OR THIN SAND, [THE STANDARD IS] AS MUCH AS IS REQUIRED FOR FERTILIZING A CABBAGE STALK. THIS IS R. AKIBA'S VIEW.