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it is permitted to assemble it and it is permitted to dismantle it on Shabbat. If a permanent object like that one may be assembled on Shabbat and there is no concern for the prohibition of building, all the more so it should not be considered building and dismantling in the case of a candelabrum.
The Talmud replies: It is not referring to a candelabrum that can actually be dismantled. Rather, what is the meaning of joints? Similar to joints, i.e., there are grooves in it and it appears as if it is made of different components. Therefore, in summary: With regard to a candelabrum made of act
The Talmud questions: And did R' Yoḥanan actually say that the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda? Didn’t R' Yoḥanan state the following principle: The halakha is in accordance with an unattributed Mishnah? And we learned in the Mishnah that discusses ritual impurity of a wagon w
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. An object that was set aside at twilight is set aside for the entire Shabbat. In this Mishnah, moving the wagon is permitted. Clearly, the unattributed Mishnah is in accorda
R' Yehoshua ben Levi said: One time, R' Yehuda HaNasi went to the town of Deyosfera, and issued a ruling with regard to a candelabrum in accordance with the ruling that R' Shimon made with regard to an oil lamp. This description is insufficiently clear, therefore a dilemma was raised before the rab