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but rather say the following: Provided he does not make it a trap as he covers it, i.e., as long as he takes care not to cover all the openings. The Talmud questions this: But it is obvious that it is prohibited to directly trap bees on Shabbat; why would the baraita mention it? The Talmud responds:
Rav Ashi said a different elucidation: Is it taught in the baraita: In the summer, and: In the winter? No, it is taught: In the sun due to the sun and in the rain due to the rain. The baraita speaks not of the summer and the winter, but of the spring days of Nisan and the autumn days of Tishrei, w
§ It was taught in the Mishnah: And one may place a vessel beneath a leak in order to catch the water on Shabbat. A Sage taught in a baraita: If the vessel became full with the leaking water, he may pour out its contents, place the vessel back under the leak, and repeat the entire process if necess
The Talmud relates: Abaye’s millhouse once developed a leak on Shabbat. Abaye was concerned about the potential damage to the millstones, which were made partly of clay and which would become ruined from the leaking water, and he did not have enough buckets to catch all the water without emptying an
Abaye sat and examined the matter and posed a difficulty: And may one initiate a situation of a container of excrement, i.e., may one intentionally place any repulsive matter into a situation which will bother him and will then have to be removed, ab initio? In the meantime, as he was deliberating