Thursday, August 04, 2005

Rif Shabbat 36a



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36a

{Shabbat 94b continues}
MISHNA:
IF ONE PARES HIS NAILS WITH EACH OTHER OR WITH HIS TEETH, LIKEWISE [IF ONE PLUCKS] HIS HAIR, LIKEWISE HIS MOUSTACHE, LIKEWISE HIS BEARD; AND LIKEWISE IF [A WOMAN] PLAITS [HER HAIR], LIKEWISE IF SHE PAINTS [HER EYELIDS] LIKEWISE IF SHE ROUGES [HER FACE], — R. ELIEZER DECLARES [THEM] CULPABLE, WHILE THE RABBIS FORBID [THESE ACTIONS] AS A SHEBUTH {= a Rabbinically forbidden act}.

{Shabbat 95a}
IF ONE DETACHES [AUGHT] FROM A PERFORATED POT {used for planting}, HE IS CULPABLE; IF IT IS UNPERFORATED, HE IS EXEMPT.
BUT R. SIMEON DECLARES [HIM] EXEMPT IN BOTH CASES.

{Shabbat 94b}
Gemara:
Rabbi Eleazar said: They differ only [where it is done] by hand; but if with an implement, all agree that he is culpable.

And Rabbi Eleazar also said: They differ only [where one does it] for himself; but [if he does it] for his neighbour, all agree that he is not culpable.

"LIKEWISE HIS HAIR, LIKEWISE HIS MOUSTACHE":
It was taught {tana}: If one plucks out a full scissors' edge [of hair], he is culpable.
And how much is a full scissors' edge?
Rav Yehuda said: Two [hairs].

A brayta also says so: If one plucks out a full scissors' edge [of hair] on the Sabbath, he is culpable. And how much is a full scissors' edge? Two. Rabbi Eliezer said: One. But the Sages agree with Rabbi Eliezer in the case of one who picks out white hairs from black ones, that he is culpable even for one, and this is interdicted even on weekdays, for it is said {Devarim 22:5}:

ה לֹא-יִהְיֶה כְלִי-גֶבֶר עַל-אִשָּׁה, וְלֹא-יִלְבַּשׁ גֶּבֶר שִׂמְלַת אִשָּׁה: כִּי תוֹעֲבַת ה אֱלֹקֶיךָ, כָּל-עֹשֵׂה אֵלֶּה.
5 A woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment; for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

They learnt {in a brayta}: Rabbi Shimon ben Eleazar says: As for a nail the greater part of which is severed, and shreds [of skin] the largest portions of which are severed [from the body], — by hand it is permitted [wholly to remove them]; [if one severs them] with a utensil, he is not culpable, yet it is prohibited. If the greater portions thereof are not severed, [if wholly removed] by hand one is not culpable. yet it is prohibited: with a utensil, one is liable to a sin-offering.

Rav Yehuda said: the halacha is like Rabbi Shimon ben Eleazar.

Rabba cited Rabbi Yochanan: Providing they are severed towards the top {near the nail} so that they pain him.

{Shabbat 95a}
Amemar permitted sprinkling [the floors] in Machoza.

To explain: He permitted inundating with water houses in Mechoza, where their floors were made of marble.
For what reason did the Sages say {that it is forbidden}? Lest one come to level up depressions. Here there are no depressions!

Rava Tosfa'ah found Ravina suffering discomfort on account of the heat. Others state, Mar Kashisha son of Rava found Rav Ashi suffering discomfort on account of the heat.
He said to him: Does not my Master agree with what was taught {in a brayta}: If one wishes to sprinkle his house on the Sabbath, he can bring a basin full of water, wash his face in one corner, his hands in another, and his feet in another, and thus the house is sprinkled automatically?
He said to him: I did not think of it. {Others: do not agree with it}

It was taught {tana}: A wise woman can sprinkle her house on the Sabbath.

But now that we hold as Rabbi Shimon, it is permitted even at the very outset {without resort to any expedient}.

END PEREK TEN

BEGIN PEREK ELEVEN
{Shabbat 96a}
MISHNA:
IF ONE THROWS [AN ARTICLE] FROM PRIVATE INTO PUBLIC GROUND [OR] FROM PUBLIC INTO PRIVATE GROUND, HE IS CULPABLE.

FROM ONE PRIVATE DOMAIN TO ANOTHER, AND PUBLIC GROUND LIES BETWEEN, R. AKIBA HOLDS HIM LIABLE, BUT THE SAGES DECLARE HIM EXEMPT.

{Explaining the position of the Sages:} HOW SO? IF THERE ARE TWO BALCONIES FACING EACH OTHER IN THE STREET, HE WHO REACHES OVER OR THROWS [AN ARTICLE] FROM ONE TO THE OTHER IS NOT CULPABLE.
IF BOTH ARE ON THE SAME STOREY, HE WHO REACHES OVER IS CULPABLE, WHILE HE WHO THROWS IS NOT, FOR THUS WAS THE SERVICE OF THE LEVITES.

TWO WAGGONS [STOOD] BEHIND EACH OTHER

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