Study Shabbat folio 120A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
Matters of Torah that people do not ascertain unless they misunderstand them are in your hands; therefore, be a chief over us. It is stated later on in that passage: “He will rise [yissa] on that day, saying, I will not be a ruler while in my house there is no bread and no garment, you shall not a
Mishnah: One may rescue a basket full of loaves and the like from a fire on Shabbat, even if there is food for 100 meals in it. And one may rescue a round cake of dried figs, even though it is very large, and one may rescue a jug full of wine. And one may even say to others: Come and rescue for yo
To where may one rescue items moved from the fire? One may do so to a courtyard where an eiruv was established, and it is permitted to carry. Ben Beteira says: One may do so even to a courtyard where an eiruv was not established. And one may carry there all the utensils, and put on all the garments
Talmud: The Talmud asks: Wasn’t it taught in the first clause, i.e., the preceding Mishnah, that one may rescue 3 meals and no more? Rav Huna said: This is not difficult. This current Mishnah permitted rescuing a greater amount when one comes to rescue a basket or round cake of figs; that previou
The Talmud attempts to resolve the dilemma from that which Rava said: Rav Sheizvi misled Rav Ḥisda, and Rav Ḥisda taught (Rabbeinu Ḥananel) a halakha with regard to a jug that breaks on a roof, and added: And it is permitted provided that one does not bring a vessel that holds more than 3 meals. Con