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Leave the candle, oil, and wick, since they became a base for a prohibited object. Even R' Shimon agrees that a flame burning on Shabbat is set-aside. Since it is prohibited to move the flame, moving the lamp, oil, and wick is also prohibited.
R' Zeira said that R' Asi said that R' Yoḥanan said that R' Ḥanina said that R' Romanus said: R' Yehuda HaNasi permitted me to carry a coal pan with its ashes. R' Zeira said to R' Asi: Did R' Yoḥanan actually say that? Didn’t we learn in a Mishnah: A person may carry his son in his hands and even if
“He was astonished for a while” (Daniel 4:16) and could not find an answer. And, ultimately, R' Asi said: Here, too, it is referring to a case where the coal pan has bits of frankincense that were not yet burned. Due to those bits, moving the pan is permitted. Abaye said: Are small bits in the hou
And if you say: The bits are suitable for the poor. We will explain that the value of an object is determined not by its context, but by its intrinsic value. Wasn’t it taught in a baraita that there is a difference with regard to the halakhot of ritual impurity between garments belonging to poor p
Rava said: There are two answers to reject this analogy: One, a chamber pot with feces is disgusting, and the coal pan is not disgusting. And furthermore: A chamber pot with feces is uncovered and smells, and the coal pan is covered. Rather, Rava said an alternative explanation: When we were at the