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Talmud: From the fact that it was taught in the latter clause of the Mishnah that one who extinguishes a flame on Shabbat is liable, conclude from it that this Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, who holds that one who performs a prohibited labor on Shabbat is liable to bring a
The Talmud replies: Actually, the first clause was referring to a critically ill person, and it should have taught that it is permitted. And since the latter clause of the Mishnah had to teach that one is liable, in the first clause too, it taught employing the opposite term, exempt, so that the M
The Talmud relates: This question was asked before R' Tanḥum from the village of Nevi: What is the ruling with regard to extinguishing a burning lamp before a sick person on Shabbat? The Talmud relates that R' Tanḥum delivered an entire homily touching upon both aggadic and halakhic materials surro
He resolved the contradictions in the following manner: This is not difficult. That which David said: “The dead praise not YHWH,” this is what he is saying: A person should always engage in Torah and mitzvot before he dies, as once he is dead he is idle from Torah and mitzvot and there is no praise
And that which Solomon said: “And I praised the dead that are already dead”; he was not speaking of all dead people, but rather in praise of certain dead people. As when Israel sinned in the desert, Moses stood before God and he said several prayers and supplications before Him, and his prayers wer