Shabbos 140b

שבת ק״מ ע״ב

Shabbat 140b

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Topic

מוקצה rulings, רב חסדא's practical advice to students and to his daughters, and a משנה about handling animal feed on שבת

Overview

This עמוד opens by finishing some rulings about מוקצה. You may slide an item off a plain reed but not move the reed, though a weaver's tool may be moved. A bundle of vegetables may be moved if animals can eat it, and a meat hook may be moved but a fish hook may not. רב קטינא's comparison about standing in the middle of a bed is rejected. Next comes a long series of practical advice from רב חסדא to poor Torah students: how to buy vegetables, reeds, meat and a linen shirt wisely, how to handle a little bread, and how to protect their clothes and their dignity. Along the way, the גמרא rejects the idea that eating better food violates בל תשחית, because caring for one's body comes first. רב חסדא also teaches his daughters modest behavior toward their husbands, ending with a lesson acted out with a pearl and a clod of earth. The גמרא then returns to the משנה and notes that it does not follow רבי אליעזר בן יעקב. A new משנה follows about clearing feed before animals. The גמרא shows that the חכמים disagree with both of רבי דוסא's cases, and that the dispute is only about a trough that is a vessel. Finally, אביי resolves two conflicting ברייתות about moving feed between animals, and his explanation continues on the next עמוד.

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The steps (41)

1. StatementSlide the item off the reed, but do not take the reed off the item
2. StatementIf the item hangs on a weaver's tool, that is allowed too
3. StatementA bundle of vegetables depends on whether animals can eat it
4. StatementA meat hook may be moved, but a fish hook may not
5. StatementStanding in the middle of a bed is compared to standing on a woman's stomach
6. RejectionThe גמרא rejects רב קטינא's statement
7. StatementBuy long vegetables because the price is set by the bundle
8. StatementBuy long reeds for the same reason
9. StatementA student short on bread should not eat vegetables
10. Statementרב חסדא never ate vegetables, whether poor or rich
11. StatementA student short on bread should not cut it into small slices
12. StatementA student short on bread should not break bread for others
13. QuestionWhy should he not break bread for others?
14. ResponseBecause he will not do it generously
15. Statementרב חסדא checked he had enough before breaking bread
16. StatementEating wheat bread when barley would do is wasteful
17. StatementDrinking wine when beer would do is wasteful
18. RejectionRejected: caring for your body comes first
19. StatementNo oil? Use ditch water
20. StatementBuy neck meat for variety
21. StatementHow to make a linen shirt last a year
22. QuestionWhat does the word כיתוניתא mean?
23. ResponseA fine class of people
24. StatementA student should not sit on a new mat
25. StatementA student should not give his laundry to his host
26. Statementרב חסדא tells his daughters to be modest before their husbands
27. StatementNo vegetables, dates, or beer at night, and a separate bathroom spot
28. StatementHow to answer a knock at the door
29. StatementThe pearl and the clod of earth
30. StatementThe vetches משנה does not follow one תנא
31. Proofרבי אליעזר בן יעקב forbids using a sieve entirely
32. StatementNew משנה: clearing feed away from an animal
33. StatementMoving feed from one animal to another
34. QuestionWhich part of רבי דוסא's ruling do the חכמים reject?
35. ResponseA ברייתא shows the חכמים forbid both cases
36. Statementרב חסדא's first version: the dispute is about a ground trough
37. ChallengeWho would allow sweeping a ground trough?
38. Resolutionרב חסדא's corrected version: the dispute is only about a vessel trough
39. ChallengeTwo ברייתות contradict each other on moving feed between animals
40. Resolutionאביי: Both teachings agree, donkey to ox only
41. ResolutionExplaining 'fine mouth' and 'foul mouth' in the first teaching