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as people who are not so precise in their formulation say: 4 or 5. And if one so desires, he may clear even more. And what then is the meaning of: However, one may not move these items to create space in the storeroom? It means that one may not finish moving the baskets out of the entire storeroo
A baraita states: One may not use the storeroom for the first time. If one has never taken supplies from this storeroom, he may not begin moving baskets from it. However, he makes a path in it, so that he will be able to enter and exit. The Talmud asks: He makes a path in it? Did you not say: One
A baraita states: With regard to piled grain, if one had started to take grain from the pile on Friday, it is permitted to satisfy his needs from it on Shabbat, and if not, it is prohibited to satisfy his needs from it on Shabbat; this is the statement of R' Shimon. R' Aḥa permits doing so in any c
It was taught: How much is the measure of piled grain needed to confer the legal status of a storeroom? A half-kor. Rav Naḥumi bar Zekharya raised a dilemma before Abaye: The measure of piled grain, how much is it? Abaye said to him that they said: The measure of piled grain is a half-kor.
A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: These 4 or 5 baskets, which the tanna stated in the Mishnah, is he saying the following: 4 or 5 baskets, yes, one may move them, more baskets, no, one may not move them? This would indicate that it is preferable to minimize the walking distance because fewer