Shabbat 44B

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He explains his objection: And just as a lamp, which is made for this purpose, for lighting, when he did not light it, he is permitted to move it, a bed, which is not made for that purpose, for placing money on it, all the more so moving it would be permitted. Rather, if it was stated, it was stated

Ulla said: R' Eliezer raised an objection to Rav’s statement from that which we learned in a Mishnah. This Mishnah deals primarily with the laws of ritual impurity and discusses the relationship between a wagon and its undercarriage [mukheni], the system of wheels and the frame at the base of the wa

By inference: If there is not money on it, one is permitted to move the wagon even though there was money on it at twilight. In this Mishnah, the prohibition is contingent exclusively on whether or not there is money on the wagon at that time. The Talmud answers: That Mishnah is in accordance with