Rif Shabbat 64b {Shabbat 150b continues ... 151a}

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{Shabbat 150b continues}
between light and dark, and all of it, but rather only Baruch Ata Hashem Elokeinu Melech HaOlam HaMavdil Bein Kodesh LeChol.

Rav Ashi said: When I was at Rav Kahana's academy we {our gemara: he} used to recite, 'Who makest a distinction between holy and profane,' and then we chopped up logs.

{Shabbat 151a}
"ABBA SAUL STATED A GENERAL PRINCIPLE...":
Rav Yehuda cited Shmuel: One may say to his neighbour, Watch for me over the fruit in your techum, and I will watch for you over the fruit in my techum.
For we learn {in the Mishna} WHATEVER I HAVE A RIGHT TO INSTRUCT [THAT IT BE DONE]. I AM PERMITTED TO AWAIT NIGHTFALL FOR IT. Once night falls, I may also watch it.

The Sages learnt {in a brayta}: One may not go to the techum to await nightfall in order to bring an animal. If it is standing outside the techum, one may call it and it comes. And one may go to await nightfall in order to attend to the affairs of a bride - to bring her a hadaa, or to the affairs of a corpse, to bring a coffin and shrouds for him. And one may give instructions to another, 'Go to such and such a place, and if you cannot obtain them from there, bring them from elsewhere; if you cannot obtain them for a maneh, obtain them for two manehs.' Rabbi Yossi says: Provided that he does not mention the exact price to him.

One who hires a laborer {poel - according to Rav, this, as opposed to the sachir, may quit his job in the middle of the day} to watch a cow or to watch a baby {Bach's gloss adds: or to watch the plantings, one does not pay him wages of Shabbat; therefore, he has no responsibility {if damages occur} for Shabbat. If he was a hired laboror {sachir} for the year, a hired laborer {sachir} for the week, or a hired laborer {sachir} for the Shabbat {Chavot Yair emends: for the month}, one gives him wages for Shabbat - therefore, he bears responsibility for Shabbat. And he should not say "Give me my wages for Shabbat," but rather "give me my wages for ten days" {Shabbat being included among those ten days}.

MISHNA:
YOU MAY GO TO THE TECHUM AGAINST NIGHTFALL IN ORDER TO ATTEND TO THE AFFAIRS OF A BRIDE OR OF A CORPSE, TO BRING A COFFIN AND SHROUDS FOR HIM.

IF A GENTILE BRINGS REED-PIPES ON SHABBAT ONE MUST NOT BEWAIL AN ISRAELITE ON THEM, UNLESS THEY CAME FROM A NEAR PLACE.

IF HE [A GENTILE] MADE A COFFIN FOR HIMSELF OR DUG A GRAVE FOR HIMSELF, AN ISRAELITE MAY BE BURIED THEREIN. BUT IF [HE MADE IT] FOR THE SAKE OF AN ISRAELITE, HE {the Israelite} MAY NEVER BE BURIED THEREIN.

Gemara:
What does FROM A NEAR PLACE mean?
Rav said: Literally from a near place.
And Shmuel said: We conjecture that they [the reed-pipes] were [just] outside the [city] wall {yet within the techum} during the night.

That is to say, even though we see