Shabbos 115a

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Shabbat 115a

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Topic

End of פרק ואלו קשרים (preparing food on יום כיפורים for after the fast) and the start of פרק כל כתבי: saving holy writings from a fire on שבת, and the מחלוקת between רב הונא and רב חסדא about holy writings in other languages.

Overview

The amud opens by finishing the previous topic: food preparation on יום כיפורים for after the fast. Light preparation such as trimming vegetables or cracking nuts is allowed only from מנחה onward, because of עגמת נפש, and רבה stopped his household from starting earlier. After the הדרן, a new פרק begins with a משנה: on שבת we may save all כתבי הקודש from a fire, whether they are read publicly or not, and books in other languages require גניזה. The גמרא brings a מחלוקת. For holy writings in תרגום or another language, רב הונא says we do not save them, and רב חסדא says we do, to prevent בזיון. The משנה is first brought as a refutation of רב הונא, but each אמורא reads it his own way. Two ברייתות are then raised against רב הונא. He answers that this is a dispute among תנאים, and that רבי יוסי agrees with him. רבי יוסי supports his view with a story about a translated ספר איוב that was buried. רבי rejects one version of that story, teaching that holy writings may not be destroyed by hand but are left to decay on their own. The amud ends as the גמרא begins to ask which תנאים are in dispute, a question answered on the next amud.

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The steps (23)

1. StatementTrimming vegetables is permitted
2. StatementCracking nuts and seeding pomegranates on a weekday יום כיפורים
3. StatementWhat the households of רב יהודה and רבה did
4. Conclusionרבה stops his household from preparing too early
5. Conclusionהדרן — Closing the chapter ואלו קשרים
6. Statementמשנה: saving all holy writings from a fire on שבת
7. Statementמשנה: why some holy books are not read on שבת
8. Statementרב הונא and רב חסדא argue about translated holy writings
9. StatementDefining where the argument really is
10. StatementThe reasons of רב הונא and רב חסדא
11. ChallengeQuoting the משנה against רב הונא
12. ChallengeReading the משנה as a refutation of רב הונא
13. Rejectionרב הונא shows the challenger's reading has its own problem
14. Resolutionרב הונא's own reading of the משנה
15. Resolutionרב חסדא's own reading of the משנה
16. ChallengeA ברייתא says translated writings are saved
17. Resolutionרב הונא: that תנא holds translations may be read
18. ChallengeA ברייתא saves them even though they may not be read
19. Resolutionרב הונא: it is a dispute between תנאים
20. Proofרבי יוסי's story about the translated ספר איוב
21. StatementAnother version: a tub of mortar was turned over it
22. Rejectionרבי rejects the mortar version with two reasons
23. QuestionWho are the disputing תנאים?