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is permitted, since one did not intend to perform that prohibited labor.
The Talmud asks: Is that to say that Shmuel, who permits adding water even in an amount sufficient to harden a vessel, holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon, who says that one may perform an action that inadvertently results in a prohibited labor? Didn’t Shmuel say: One may extinguish
The Talmud responds: In the case of an unintentional act, Shmuel holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon. In the case of labor not necessary for its own sake, he holds that he is liable, in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda. Ravina said: Therefore, a thorn in the public domain tha
We learned in the Mishnah: However, one may place water into an urn in order to warm it. A baraita states: A person may place hot water into cold water, but not cold into hot; this is the statement of Beit Shammai. In their opinion the cold water becomes heated by the hot water beneath it. And Bei
Rav Yosef thought to say that the legal status of a basin [sefel], which is a vessel used for washing, is like that of a bath, and it is prohibited to pour water into it. Abaye said to him that R' Ḥiyya taught a baraita: A basin is not like a bath in terms of pouring water into it. The Talmud asks