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has its weaving on its inside, in that the straps woven to hold the bedding are tied in holes inside the bed posts, while a bed has its weaving on its outside, in that its straps are tied around the posts.
The Talmud raises an objection from the Mishnah (Kelim 16:1): From when are wooden vessels considered complete and susceptible to impurity? In the case of a bed or a crib, this happens once they are rubbed with fish skin, which smoothens the wood. The Talmud asks: And if a bed is woven on its bac
R' Ya’akov says that R' Yehoshua ben Levi says: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel that a mourner is not required to overturn a dargash, but only to untie the straps around its posts to let it fall on its own. In connection with this matter R' Ya’akov bar Ami
Mishnah: And the king brings out people for conscription in an optional war, i.e., a war that is not mandated by the Torah and is not a war of defense, on the basis of a court of 71, and breaches fences of anyone in his way to create a pathway for himself for his various needs, and no one can prot
Talmud: We already learn this on another occasion in the Mishnah (2a): And the king may bring out the nation to an optional war only on the basis of a court of 71 judges. Why did the Mishnah need to repeat it here? The Talmud explains: Since in the Mishnah here the tanna taught all matters pertaini