Shabbos 143a

שבת קמ״ג ע״א

Shabbat 143a

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Topic

רבא and רבי יהודה on מוקצה; the משנה and גמרא on clearing bones, crumbs, pods and date pits from the table on שבת

Overview

This amud first finishes a discussion about whether רבא holds like רבי יהודה, who is strict about מוקצה and נולד. The גמרא explains that innards given to a cat were planned for the cat before שבת, so they were never מוקצה. It then proves that רבא follows רבי יהודה from his ruling that a poker that breaks on יום טוב may not be burned. A new משנה follows about clearing the table on שבת: bones and shells, crumbs, pea and lentil pods, and wiping with a sponge. The גמרא reports רב נחמן's tradition that reverses בית שמאי and בית הלל, so that בית הלל are lenient like רבי שמעון. It notes that the crumbs ruling supports רבי יוחנן, and that the pods ruling follows רבי שמעון. It then shows that the sponge ruling fits רבי שמעון too, because squeezing the sponge is a פסיק רישיה. Finally, it rules on date pits and lists how different אמוראים got rid of מוקצה pits, and the פרק ends with the הדרן.

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The steps (22)

1. ResolutionThe innards were already intended for the cat before שבת
2. ProofProof from רבא's teaching about a broken poker
3. ConclusionConclusion: רבא follows רבי יהודה
4. Statementמשנה: How to clear bones and shells off the table
5. Statementמשנה: Crumbs and pods may be cleared because animals eat them
6. StatementWiping the table with a sponge on שבת
7. Statementרב נחמן reverses בית שמאי and בית הלל
8. ProofThe crumbs ruling supports רבי יוחנן
9. QuestionWhose view is the pods ruling?
10. ResponseThe pods ruling follows רבי שמעון
11. ChallengeThe sponge ruling seems to follow רבי יהודה
12. ResolutionEven רבי שמעון forbids an act whose result is certain
13. StatementPits of Aramean dates may be moved, but pits of Persian dates may not
14. Statementשמואל carried pits on top of bread
15. Statementשמואל follows his rule that bread may be used for any need
16. Statementרבה carried the pits along with a water pitcher
17. Statementרב הונא treated the pits like a chamber pot
18. Challengeרב אשי asks: may one create a chamber pot on purpose?
19. Statementרב ששת removed the pits with his tongue
20. Statementרב פפא tossed the pits behind the couch
21. Proofרבי זכריה בן אבקולס did the same
22. ConclusionHadran — Closing the chapter נוטל אדם את בנו