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Abaye said to him: In what manner did you establish our Mishnah as dealing with the danger posed by non-Jews? Say the latter clause of the Mishnah as follows: R' Shimon says that one gives them to another and the other passes them to another. In that case, all the more so will the matter be conspic
The Talmud answers: The Mishnah is incomplete and is teaching the following: In what case is this statement that the finder covers the tefillin said? It is where the concern is danger posed by non-Jews. However, where the concern is danger posed by bandits, one carries them less than 4 cubits at a
It is stated in the Mishnah that R' Shimon says: One gives them to another and the other passes them to another. The Talmud asks: With regard to what principle do they disagree? One Sage, the first tanna, holds that having one person carrying the tefillin less than 4 cubits at a time is preferable
And the other Sage, R' Shimon, holds that the solution that one gives the tefillin to another is preferable, as if you say that the finder carries them less than 4 cubits at a time, sometimes it is not in his thoughts and will unwittingly come to carry the tefillin 4 cubits in the public domain. T
It was stated in the Mishnah: And the same is true with regard to one’s son. The Talmud is surprised: What is his son doing there in the field necessitating his retrieval in this way? The school of Menashe taught: It is referring to a case where his mother gave birth to him in a field, and he mus