Study Shabbat folio 146A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
the snake came upon Eve, i.e., when it seduced her to eat from the Tree of Knowledge, it infected her with moral contamination, and this contamination remained in all human beings. When the Jewish people stood at Mount Sinai, their contamination ceased, whereas non-Jews did not stand at Mount Sin
The Talmud points out that this opinion disagrees with R' Abba bar Kahana, as R' Abba bar Kahana said: Until 3 generations passed, the moral contamination did not cease from our forefathers: Abraham fathered Ishmael, who was of lowly moral stature; Isaac fathered Esau; finally, Jacob fathered 12 t
Mishnah: A person may break a jug on Shabbat in order to eat dried figs from it, provided he does not intend to make a vessel. And one may not perforate the plug of a jug to extract wine from it; rather, one must remove the plug entirely to avoid creating a new opening for the jug. This is the stat
Talmud: R' Oshaya said: They only taught that it is permitted to break open a jug when the figs were pressed together. This is because in that case it is permissible to use a utensil to separate the figs, that utensil may also be utilized to break open the jug. However, if the figs were already se
The Talmud raises an objection based on a baraita: Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: A person may bring a jug of wine and cut off the top of the jug with a sword and place it before the guests on Shabbat without concern that it is prohibited to move the sword or that doing so constitutes the creation