Shabbos 65a

שבת ס״ה ע״א

Shabbat 65a

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Topic

What a woman may wear or carry on her body outside on שבת: cloths, mouth items, false teeth, a healing coin, girls' ear threads and fastened cloaks, plus the strict practices of שמואל's father.

Overview

This amud opens with the end of a ברייתא about spreading wet clothes in the sun. It shows that תנאים argue whether a מראית העין ban applies even in private. The גמרא then explains our משנה's list of things a woman may wear outside on שבת. A מוך in the ear or sandal must be tied, but a menstrual מוך need not be, because it is repulsive and she will not carry it. Two great sages went out with untied ear cloths, and the גמרא explains that a cloth pressed in tightly needs no tying. The גמרא explains the pepper, salt and spices in her mouth, and limits the dispute about a false tooth to gold only. אביי shows that רבי, רבי אליעזר and רבי שמעון בן אלעזר share one idea: a woman will not take off and show an item whose removal makes her look bad. A new משנה permits a coin on a foot wound, threads in girls' ears, veils and fastened cloaks. The גמרא explains why a סלע heals the wound. It then tells of שמואל's father's strict practices with his daughters, and that discussion continues on the next amud.

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The steps (35)

1. ProofThe tail of the ברייתא: spread clothes in the sun, but not in front of people
2. StatementA cloth in her ear must be tied
3. StatementA cloth in her sandal must be tied
4. StatementThe third case: a cloth prepared for her menstrual flow
5. Statementרמי בר חמא assumes it must be tied between her thighs
6. Rejectionרבא: no tying needed, because she won't carry a repulsive cloth
7. QuestionWhat if she made a handle for the menstrual cloth?
8. ResponseIt is still permitted
9. Proofרבי יוחנן said the same thing
10. StatementGreat sages went out with untied ear cloths
11. ChallengeBut רמי בר יחזקאל requires the cloth to be tied
12. ResolutionStuck in tightly versus not tightly
13. StatementWhy pepper and salt are in her mouth
14. StatementWhat 'anything in her mouth' means
15. StatementThe משנה's dispute about a false or gold tooth
16. StatementThe dispute is only about gold, not silver
17. ProofA ברייתא confirms רבי זירא
18. Statementאביי: three תנאים share one principle
19. ProofSources for רבי and רבי אליעזר
20. ProofSource for רבי שמעון בן אלעזר: under the hairnet
21. StatementNew משנה: coin on a wound, and girls' ear threads
22. StatementVeils and fastened cloaks are permitted for everyone
23. StatementFastening a cloak around a stone, nut or coin
24. QuestionWhat is a צינית?
25. ResponseA צינית is a sore on the sole of the foot
26. QuestionWhy specifically a coin?
27. RejectionNot just because it is hard
28. RejectionNot just because of rust
29. RejectionNot just because of the image
30. Conclusionאביי: all three qualities together heal
31. Statementשמואל's father's strict practices with his daughters
32. ChallengeBut the משנה permits threads!
33. ResolutionHis daughters' threads were colorful
34. StatementHe did not let his daughters sleep next to each other
35. ProofDoes this practice support רב הונא?