Shabbos 51b

שבת נ״א ע״ב

Shabbat 51b

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Topic

שבת נא: — The end of במה טומנין (insulating food, cold food, melting ice) and the start of במה בהמה: which gear an animal may wear on שבת, and whether extra security is a משאוי

Overview

This amud finishes the chapter במה טומנין and opens a new chapter. First, the ברייתא ends its rules on insulating food: a pot may not be removed and put back, fine flax chaff counts like manure, and vessels may be stacked or sealed with dough only to keep heat in, never to add it. The תנא קמא forbids insulating cold food, while רבי permits it. Crushing snow or hail into water on שבת is forbidden, but letting it melt by itself in a cup is fine. After the הדרן, a new משנה asks what gear an animal may wear into the public domain on שבת, pairing each animal with its normal control device. The גמרא defines the unusual terms and then asks whether an animal may wear stronger gear than it needs. After a proof is pushed off, the גמרא shows this is a dispute between תנאים about a cat with a collar, and rules like חנניה: extra security is not a משאוי. The amud ends with a story about לוי and רבה בר רב הונא that continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

The steps (29)

1. StatementHe may not remove the pot and put it back
2. StatementFine flax chaff is like manure
3. StatementWhich vessels may be stacked on which
4. StatementSealing a pot with dough, only to keep heat in
5. StatementCold food may not be insulated either
6. Statementרבי permits insulating cold food
7. StatementNo crushing snow or hail on שבת, but letting it melt in a cup is fine
8. Conclusionהדרן — Closing the chapter במה טומנין
9. StatementNew chapter opens: what may an animal go out wearing?
10. StatementFour animals and the control gear each may wear
11. StatementGeneral rule: animals that normally wear a chain may go out with it
12. StatementThe chains can be purified while still on the animal
13. QuestionThe גמרא asks what 'a female camel with a nose device' means
14. ResponseA white female camel with an iron nose ring
15. ResponseA Libyan donkey with an iron halter
16. StatementLevi tries to buy a Libyan donkey and gets barley instead
17. QuestionMay one animal go out with another animal's gear?
18. StatementThe easy case: a white female camel in a halter is clearly not allowed
19. QuestionThe real question: a regular camel in a nose ring
20. ProofA proof from the list of four animals that go out with a halter
21. RejectionPushing off the proof: the list excludes a white female camel in a halter
22. StatementA ברייתא: a Libyan donkey and a camel go out with a halter
23. StatementThe question is a dispute between תנאים about a wild animal with a collar
24. QuestionWhat animal is the dispute about? Not a large wild animal
25. ChallengeNot a small wild animal either
26. ResolutionThe dispute is about a cat
27. ConclusionThe הלכה follows חנניה
28. StatementTwo scholars travel and one donkey goes ahead
29. Statementרבה is offended and לוי plans to speak