Shabbat 36B

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What is the practical halakhic difference that emerges from this change of names? It is in the area of women’s bills of divorce. With regard to bills of divorce, special care is devoted to ensuring that the name of the place where the bill is written is not altered. Therefore, it is important to be

Mishnah: With regard to a stove that was lit on Friday with straw or with rakings, scraps collected from the field, one may place a pot of cooked food atop it on Shabbat. The fire in this stove was certainly extinguished while it was still day, as both straw and rakings are materials that burn qui

Talmud: The students raised a dilemma with regard to the explanation of the Mishnah. That which we learned in the Mishnah: One may not place, does it mean that one may not return a pot that he took off the fire and wishes to return on Shabbat; however, to leave the pot from Friday into Shabbat, one

In order to resolve this dilemma, the Talmud suggests: Come and hear a resolution to this from the fact that two sections were taught in our Mishnah. In the first, Beit Shammai say: Hot water but not cooked food. And Beit Hillel say: Both hot water and cooked food. And in the second, Beit Shammai