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they brought beds for them to sit on, whereas for Rav Ḥanan bar Rava, they did not bring one for him. Rav Ḥanan was insulted and got angry at his host. He found R' Avin teaching his son the Mishnah and saying: And one may place a bowl on top of the feces of a child due to the child so that he will
R' Avin asked: And how, then, should I teach it to him? Rav Ḥanan answered: Say, one may place a bowl on top of chicken feces due to a child.
The Talmud asks: And derive that it is permitted to remove the feces because it is like a chamber pot of feces, which may be moved out of the room because it is disgusting. And if you say that a chamber pot of feces together with the vessel, yes, it may be moved; but feces itself, no, it may not
And we also learned in the Mishnah that one may cover a scorpion with a bowl on Shabbat so that it will not bite. R' Yehoshua ben Levi said: All harmful creatures are killed on Shabbat. Rav Yosef raised an objection to this from the following baraita: 5 creatures may be killed even on Shabbat, and t
R' Yirmeya said: And who will say to us that this baraita is accurate? Perhaps it is corrupted, and an objection cannot be raised from it. Rav Yosef said: I taught the baraita and raised an objection from it, and I will answer it as follows: R' Yehoshua ben Levi permitted killing all harmful creatu