Study Shabbat folio 112A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
A knot with which one ties a strap to the camel’s nose ring and a knot with which one ties a rope to the ring fixed to the bow of a ship, with regard to liability to bring a sin-offering, there is none; however, there is a rabbinic prohibition. And there are knots that are permitted to be tied on S
We learned in the Mishnah: A woman may tie the opening of her robe on Shabbat. The Talmud states: This is obvious, as the knot is meant to be untied and is therefore not permanent. The Talmud explains: It is only necessary to state this halakha in a case where the robe has two laces with which to t
We learned in the Mishnah: And a woman may tie the strings of her hairnet on Shabbat. The Talmud states: This is obvious. The Talmud clarifies the matter: It was only necessary to state this halakha in a case where the hairnet is tied loosely on her head. Lest you say that she sometimes removes it
We learned in the Mishnah: And it is permitted to tie the straps of a shoe or a sandal on Shabbat. It was stated with regard to one who untied the straps of a shoe or a sandal: One baraita taught that one who did so on Shabbat is liable to bring a sin-offering; and it was taught in another baraita t
The Talmud explains: The apparent contradiction between one statement with regard to a shoe and the other statement with regard to a shoe is not difficult, as that baraita, which teaches that one is liable to bring a sin-offering, is referring to a shoemaker’s knot, which is permanent as it holds t