Shabbos 10b

שבת י׳ ע״ב

Shabbat 10b

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Topic

No 'שלום' in the bathhouse, telling someone about a gift (the gift of שבת), and more teachings of רב through רבא בר מחסיא

Overview

This amud opens by finishing a point from the previous page: a בית הכסא is unfit for prayer as soon as it is designated, because it is disgusting. The גמרא then rules that one may not greet with 'שלום' in a bathhouse, because שלום is an actual Name of ה׳. 'Faithful' (הימנותא), by contrast, only describes ה׳, so רב permits saying it in a bathroom. Through the same chain of teachers (רבא בר מחסיא in the name of רב חמא בר גוריא in the name of רב), the גמרא brings רב's rule that a giver must let the receiver know. This is learned from ה׳ telling משה about the gift of שבת, and רבן שמעון בן גמליאל applies it to giving bread to a child. The גמרא explains that telling is needed only when the gift would otherwise stay hidden, and the reward of שבת is exactly that kind of hidden gift. A story follows in which רב חסדא gives his priestly gifts to רבא בר מחסיא in exchange for רב's teachings. The amud ends with more teachings from the same chain: never favor one child over the others, as יוסף's coat shows, and prefer to live in a recently settled city, which רבי אבין derives from צוער. His proof continues on the next amud.

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The steps (28)

1. ResolutionThe bathroom is different because it is disgusting
2. StatementNo greetings in the bathhouse
3. ProofThis supports רב המנונא: שלום is a Name of ה׳
4. ChallengeThen 'faithful' should also be forbidden in a bathroom
5. Challengeרב explicitly permits saying 'faithfulness' in a bathroom
6. Resolutionשלום is an actual Name; 'faithful' only describes ה׳
7. StatementOne who gives a gift must let the receiver know
8. ProofA ברייתא: שבת is ה׳'s hidden gift
9. StatementGiving bread to a child: let the mother know
10. QuestionHow should he let the mother know?
11. Responseאביי: put oil or eye-paint on the child
12. QuestionWhat about today, when we worry about witchcraft?
13. Responseרב פפא: smear him with the same food
14. ChallengeChallenge: A giver does not need to tell
15. ResolutionAnswer: It depends whether the gift will become known
16. ChallengeChallenge: שבת would have become known anyway
17. ResolutionAnswer: The reward of שבת is hidden
18. Statementרב חסדא's offer for a new teaching of רב
19. Statementרבא בר מחסיא brings רב's teaching and wins the gift
20. QuestionAre רב's teachings so dear to you?
21. Responseרב חסדא answers: Yes
22. Statementרב's saying: Fine wool is precious to those who wear it
23. Conclusionרב חסדא loves the second teaching even more
24. StatementNever favor one child over the others
25. StatementLive in a recently settled city
26. QuestionWhat does 'close' mean in the verse?
27. ResponseIt means recently settled, so its sins are few
28. Proofרבי אבין's proof from the word 'נא'