Rif Shabbat 37b

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37b

{Shabbat 103a}
Gemara:
Abaye said: [They learned this, that one is liable for using the left or right hand] of one who is ambidextrous.

{Shabbat 104b}
MISHNA:
IF ONE WRITES TWO LETTERS IN ONE STATE OF UNAWARENESS, HE IS CULPABLE.

IF ONE WRITES WITH INK, CHEMICALS, SIKRA, KUMOS, KANKANTUM, OR WITH ANYTHING THAT LEAVES A MARK ON THE ANGLE OF TWO WALLS OR ON THE TWO LEAVES [TABLES] OF A LEDGER, AND THEY [THE TWO LETTERS] ARE READ TOGETHER, HE IS CULPABLE.

IF ONE WRITES ON HIS FLESH, HE IS CULPABLE:

HE WHO SCRATCHES A MARK ON HIS FLESH, R. ELIEZER DECLARES HIM LIABLE TO A SIN-OFFERING; BUT THE SAGES EXEMPT HIM.

IF ONE WRITES WITH A FLUID, WITH FRUIT JUICE, WITH ROAD DUST, OR WITH WRITER'S POWDER, OR WITH ANYTHING THAT CANNOT ENDURE, HE IS NOT CULPABLE.

[IF ONE WRITES] WITH THE BACK OF HIS HAND, WITH HIS FOOT, WITH HIS MOUTH, OR WITH HIS ELBOW; IF ONE WRITES ONE LETTER NEAR [OTHER] WRITING, OR IF ONE WRITES UPON WRITING; IF ONE INTENDS WRITING A CHET BUT WRITES TWO ZAYYINS; ONE [LETTER] ON THE GROUND AND ANOTHER ON A BEAM; IF ONE WRITES ON TWO WALLS OF THE HOUSE, OR ON TWO LEAVES OF A LEDGER WHICH ARE NOT TO BE READ TOGETHER, HE IS NOT CULPABLE.

IF ONE WRITES ONE LETTER AS AN ABBREVIATION, R. JOSHUA B. BATHYRA HOLDS HIM LIABLE, WHILST THE SAGES EXEMPT HIM.

Gemara:
If one writes one letter and completes a book {Rashi: of one of the Hebrew Scriptures} therewith, [or] weaves one thread and completes a garment therewith, he is culpable.

{Shabbat 105a}
MISHNA:
IF ONE WRITES TWO LETTERS IN TWO STATES OF UNAWARENESS, ONE IN THE MORNING AND ONE IN THE EVENING, R. GAMALIEL HOLDS HIM LIABLE, WHILST THE SAGES EXEMPT HIM.

Gemara:
Wherein do they differ?
Rabban Gamliel holds: Awareness in respect of half the standard is of no account; whilst the Rabbis hold: Awareness in respect of half the standard is of account.

END PEREK TWELVE

BEGIN PEREK THIRTEEN

MISHNA:
R. ELIEZER SAID: HE WHO WEAVES THREE THREADS AT THE BEGINNING OR ONE [THREAD] ADDED TO WOVEN STUFF, IS CULPABLE;
BUT THE SAGES MAINTAIN: WHETHER AT THE BEGINNING OR AT THE END, THE STANDARD [FOR CULPABLE] IS TWO THREADS.

HE WHO MAKES TWO MESHES, ATTACHING THEM EITHER TO THE CROSS-PIECES [NIRIM] OR TO THE SLIPS [KEROS], OR IN A WINNOW, SIEVE, OR BASKET, IS CULPABLE.
AND HE WHO SEWS TWO STITCHES, AND HE WHO TEARS IN ORDER TO SEW TWO STITCHES [IS LIKEWISE CULPABLE].

{Shabbat 105b}
HE WHO TEARS IN HIS ANGER OR [IN MOURNING] FOR HIS DEAD, AND ALL WHO EFFECT DAMAGE ARE EXEMPT;
BUT HE WHO DAMAGES IN ORDER TO REPAIR, HIS STANDARD [FOR CULPABILITY] IS AS FOR REPAIRING.