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who is the tanna of the Mishnah? It is R' Shimon, who said: Anything that is prohibited on Shabbat and its prohibition is not by Torah law, but rather is due to a rabbinic decree issued to enhance the character of Shabbat as a day of rest does not stand as an impediment before the rescue of sacred w
Is it possible that the tanna cited in the first clause of the Mishnah is R' Shimon, as claimed above, while it is explicitly stated that the last clause represents the opinion of R' Shimon, and yet its middle clause reflects the opinion of R' Yehuda? Rav Yehuda said: Yes, that is the correct, alb
Rabba said that the Mishnah may be understood differently. Here, we are dealing with a threshold that is trodden upon by the public, and due to the potential degradation of the sacred writings the rabbis permitted one to violate the rabbinic decree. It would be disgraceful if people were to trample
Abaye raised an objection to his explanation: It was taught that if the scroll rolled within 4 cubits, he rolls it back to himself; if it rolled beyond 4 cubits, he turns it over onto its writing. And if you say we are dealing with a threshold that is trodden on by the public, what difference is th
Rather, Abaye said: Here, we are dealing with a threshold that is a karmelit, as the threshold is 4 handbreadths wide but is less than 10 handbreadths high. Furthermore, on one side of the karmelit there is a private domain, and a public domain passes before it.