Shabbat 142B

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Doesn’t he disagree with him? As it was taught in a baraita that R' Yehuda says: One may lift a measure of teruma that was nullified from a mixture of 100 measures of non-sacred produce and one measure of teruma. R' Shimon ben Elazar says: One casts his eyes on this side of the mixture and decides

The Talmud rejects this: Fundamentally, the two tanna’im agree, but the opinion of R' Yehuda is more far-reaching than the opinion of R' Shimon ben Elazar. R' Yehuda says that since thought is sufficient, lifting the se’a does not render the produce fit for consumption, and it is preferable if he l

Mishnah: With regard to a stone, which is set-aside on Shabbat and may not be moved, that was placed on the mouth of a jug, one tilts the jug on its side, and the stone falls. If the jug was among other jugs, and the other jugs might break if the stone falls on them, he lifts the jug to distance

With regard to coins that are on a cushion, he shakes the cushion and the coins fall. If there was bird dung (Arukh) on the cushion, he wipes it with a rag, but he may not wash it with water because of the prohibition against laundering. If the cushion was made of leather, and laundering is not a

Talmud: Rav Huna said that Rav said: They only taught this halakha with regard to a stone in a case where one forgets the stone on the jug. However, if he places the stone on the jug, the jug becomes a base for a prohibited object, which itself may not be moved throughout Shabbat.