Rif Shabbat 35a

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35a

{Shabbat 84b, the Mishna, continues}
BECAUSE IT IS SAID {Yeshaya 61:11}:

יא כִּי כָאָרֶץ תּוֹצִיא צִמְחָהּ, וּכְגַנָּה זֵרוּעֶיהָ תַצְמִיחַ--כֵּן ה אלקים, יַצְמִיחַ צְדָקָה וּתְהִלָּה, נֶגֶד, כָּל-הַגּוֹיִם.

11 For as the earth bringeth forth her growth, and as the garden causeth its seeds it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause victory and glory to spring forth before all the nations.

NOT ITS SEED, BUT ITS SEEDS IS STATED.

{Shabbat 86a}
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT IF ONE [A WOMAN] DISCHARGES SEMEN ON THE THIRD DAY SHE IS UNCLEAN? BECAUSE IT IS SAID {Shemot 19:15}:

טו וַיֹּאמֶר, אֶל-הָעָם, הֱיוּ נְכֹנִים, לִשְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים: אַל-תִּגְּשׁוּ, אֶל-אִשָּׁה.

15 And he said unto the people: 'Be ready against the third day; come not near a woman.'

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT A CIRCUMCISED CHILD MAY BE BATHED [EVEN] ON THE THIRD DAY [AFTER CIRCUMCISION] WHICH FALLS ON THE SABBATH? BECAUSE IT IS SAID {Bereishit 34:25}:

כה וַיְהִי בַיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי בִּהְיוֹתָם כֹּאֲבִים, וַיִּקְחוּ שְׁנֵי-בְנֵי-יַעֲקֹב שִׁמְעוֹן וְלֵוִי אֲחֵי דִינָה אִישׁ חַרְבּוֹ, וַיָּבֹאוּ עַל-הָעִיר, בֶּטַח; וַיַּהַרְגוּ, כָּל-זָכָר.

25 And it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city unawares, and slew all the males.

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT A CRIMSON-COLOURED STRAP IS TIED TO THE HEAD OF THE GOAT THAT IS SENT [TO 'AZAZ'EL]? BECAUSE IT IS SAID {Yeshaya 1:18}:

יח לְכוּ-נָא וְנִוָּכְחָה, יֹאמַר ה; אִם-יִהְיוּ חֲטָאֵיכֶם כַּשָּׁנִים כַּשֶּׁלֶג יַלְבִּינוּ, אִם-יַאְדִּימוּ כַתּוֹלָע כַּצֶּמֶר יִהְיוּ.

18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT ANOINTING IS THE SAME AS DRINKING ON THE DAY OF ATONEMENT? THOUGH THERE IS NO PROOF OF THIS, YET THERE IS A SUGGESTION THEREOF, FOR IT IS SAID {Tehillim 109:18}:

יח וַיִּלְבַּשׁ קְלָלָה, כְּמַדּוֹ: וַתָּבֹא כַמַּיִם בְּקִרְבּוֹ; וְכַשֶּׁמֶן, בְּעַצְמוֹתָיו.

18 He clothed himself also with cursing as with his raiment, and it is come into his inward parts like water, and like oil into his bones.

{Shabbat 89b}
IF ONE CARRIES OUT WOOD, [THE STANDARD FOR CULPABILITY IS] AS MUCH AS IS REQUIRED FOR BOILING A LIGHT EGG; [SEASONING] SPICES, AS MUCH AS IS REQUIRED FOR SEASONING A LIGHT EGG; AND THEY COMBINE WITH EACH OTHER.

NUTSHELLS, POMEGRANATE SHELLS, WOAD AND MADDER, [THE STANDARD IS] AS MUCH AS IS REQUIRED FOR DYEING THE SMALL PIECE OF CLOTH AT THE OPENING [TOP] OF A NETWORK.

URINE, NATRON, LYE {=a type of soap}, CIMOLIAN EARTH {=a clay used for cleansing}, AND ASHLEG {=a kind of alkali or mineral used as soap}, AS MUCH AS IS REQUIRED FOR WASHING THE SMALL PIECE OF CLOTH AT THE OPENING [TOP] OF A NETWORK;
R. JUDAH SAID: AS MUCH AS IS REQUIRED FOR REMOVING THE STAIN {caused by a menstruous woman}.

{Shabbat 90a}
[IF ONE CARRIES OUT] LONG PEPPER, OF WHATEVER QUANTITY, ITRAN {= a kind of resin used for lighting} OF WHATEVER QUANTITY, VARIOUS KINDS OF PERFUME, OF WHATEVER QUANTITY, VARIOUS KINDS OF METAL, OF WHATEVER QUANTITY, [PIECES] OF THE ALTAR STONES OR THE ALTAR EARTH, MOTH-EATEN SCROLLS OR THEIR MOTH-EATEN MANTLES, OF WHATEVER QUANTITY, [HE IS CULPABLE]. BECAUSE THEY ARE STORED AWAY IN ORDER TO BE HIDDEN.
R. JUDAH SAID: ALSO HE WHO CARRIES OUT THE SERVICE VESSELS OF IDOLS, OF WHATEVER SIZE, [IS CULPABLE], FOR IT IS SAID {Devarim 13:17}

יח וְלֹא-יִדְבַּק בְּיָדְךָ מְאוּמָה, מִן-הַחֵרֶם--לְמַעַן יָשׁוּב יְהוָה מֵחֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ, וְנָתַן-לְךָ רַחֲמִים וְרִחַמְךָ וְהִרְבֶּךָ, כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע, לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ.

18 And there shall cleave not the slightest of the devoted thing to thy hand, that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of His anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as He hath sworn unto thy fathers;

IF ONE CARRIES OUT A PEDDLER'S BASKET, THOUGH IT CONTAINS MANY COMMODITIES, HE INCURS ONLY ONE SIN-OFFERING.

[FOR] GARDEN-SEEDS, [THE STANDARD IS] LESS THAN THE SIZE OF A DRIED FIG; R. JUDAH {gloss inserts ben Beteira} B. BATHYRA RULED: FIVE.

{Shabbat 90b}
[FOR] CUCUMBER SEED, [THE STANDARD IS] TWO; SEED OF GOURDS, TWO; SEED OF EGYPTIAN BEANS, TWO.

IF ONE CARRIES OUT A LIVE KOSHER LOCUST, WHATEVER ITS SIZE;
DEAD, [ITS STANDARD IS] THE SIZE OF A DRIED FIG.

THE BIRD OF THE VINEYARDS {= a type of locust}, WHETHER LIVE OR DEAD, WHATEVER ITS SIZE, BECAUSE IT IS STORED AWAY FOR A MEDICINE.

R. JUDAH SAID: ALSO HE WHO CARRIES OUT A LIVE UNKOSHER LOCUST, WHATEVER ITS SIZE, [IS CULPABLE], BECAUSE IT IS PUT AWAY FOR A CHILD TO PLAY WITH.

{return to Shabbat 83b}
Gemara:
Rav Yehuda cited Rav: One should never abstain from [attendance at] the Beth Hamidrash even for a single hour.

And Rav Yehuda cited Rav {our gemara's girsa attributes this to Rabbi Yochanan}: One should never abstain from the Beth Hamidrash and from Torah, even in the hour of death, for it is said {Bemidbar 19:14}:

יד זֹאת, הַתּוֹרָה, אָדָם, כִּי-יָמוּת בְּאֹהֶל: כָּל-הַבָּא אֶל-הָאֹהֶל וְכָל-אֲשֶׁר בָּאֹהֶל, יִטְמָא שִׁבְעַת יָמִים.

14 This is the law: when a man dieth in a tent, every one that cometh into the tent, and every thing that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

Even at the time of death - Torah.

Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish said: The words of the Torah can endure only with him who sacrifices himself for it, as it is said {same pasuk}

יד זֹאת, הַתּוֹרָה, אָדָם, כִּי-יָמוּת בְּאֹהֶל: כָּל-הַבָּא אֶל-הָאֹהֶל וְכָל-אֲשֶׁר בָּאֹהֶל, יִטְמָא שִׁבְעַת יָמִים.

14 This is the law: when a man dieth in a tent, every one that cometh into the tent, and every thing that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

{Shabbat 90a}
Rav Yehuda cited Rav {our gemara merely attributes this to Rav Yehuda}: One should always be careful of the worm [mekak] that attacks scrolls, the worm [tekak] of silk, the mite [ela] of grapes, the worm [pah] of figs, and the worm [heh] of pomegranates, for they are all dangerous.

A certain disciple was sitting before Rava {our gemara: Rabbi Yochanan} eating figs. 'My Master,' he exclaimed, there are thorns in the figs.
He {Rava} said: 'The pah [worm] has killed this person.'

END PEREK NINE

{Shabbat 90b}
BEGIN PEREK TEN

MISHNA:
IF ONE LAYS [AUGHT] ASIDE FOR SOWING, FOR A SAMPLE, OR FOR A MEDICINE, AND [THEN] CARRIES IT OUT ON THE SABBATH, HE IS CULPABLE WHATEVER ITS SIZE.

BUT ALL OTHERS ARE NOT CULPABLE THEREFOR SAVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS STANDARD.

IF HE CARRIES IT BACK AGAIN {that is, having carried it out he decides not to sow it, etc., after all, and takes it back into the house}, HE IS LIABLE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS STANDARD.

{For by changing his mind he removes the artificial value which he first attached to it, and it is the same as any other of its kind.}