Study Shabbat folio 128A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
We learned in the Mishnah: However, one may not move untithed produce on Shabbat. The Talmud asks: This is obvious. The Talmud answers: It was only necessary to teach this halakha with regard to a case in which the produce is permitted by Torah law, but is considered untithed produce only by rabbi
We learned in the Mishnah: Nor may one move first tithe from which teruma has not been taken. The Talmud asks: This is obvious. The Talmud answers: It was only necessary for the Mishnah to teach this halakha for a case in which the Levite preceded the priest after the kernels of grain were placed i
We learned in the Mishnah: Nor may one move second tithe and consecrated items that were not redeemed. The Talmud asks: This is obvious. It was only necessary for the Mishnah to teach this halakha with regard to a case where they were redeemed but not redeemed properly. When the Mishnah lists the s
We learned in the Mishnah: Nor may one move arum on Shabbat. A baraita states in a Tosefta: One may move squill on Shabbat because it is food for deer and mustard because it is food for doves. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: One may even move glass shards because they are food for ostriches.
R' Natan said to Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel: If that is so, even bundles of grapevines one should be permitted to move because they are food for elephants. The Talmud answers that Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel responded: Ostriches are common, whereas elephants are not common.