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sores on his flesh. What is his remedy? Let him wash extensively in beet water, in which beets have been boiled.
We learned in the Mishnah: If one did not grind the cumin from Friday, he chews it with his teeth and places it on the place of circumcision as a salve. A baraita states: There are actions that may not be performed in preparation for a circumcision on Shabbat but may be performed in preparation fo
Abaye said to Rav Yosef: What is different about cumin that makes it permissible to grind it on a Festival? The fact that it is suitable for use to spice a pot, in cooking. Based on that explanation, mixed wine and oil are also suitable for use on Shabbat for a sick person, as it was taught in a b
R' Shimon ben Elazar said: It happened on one occasion that R' Meir had intestinal pain on Shabbat, and we sought to mix wine and oil for him as treatment and he did not let us do so. We said to him: Will your statement be negated in your lifetime? You permit mixing these ingredients for a sick p
The Talmud answers that there is a distinction between the cases: There, for medicinal purposes, it need not be beaten, whereas here, for circumcision, it must be beaten. The Talmud asks: Here too, let us prepare the mixture but not beat it. The Talmud answers: That is in fact the custom, and th