Shabbat 53B

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similar to the case of an amulet worn for healing purposes. The Talmud concludes: Indeed, learn from it that this is the correct understanding.

The Talmud further examines the baraita cited earlier. The Master said: Nor may an animal go out with an amulet on Shabbat, even if the amulet proved effective. The Talmud asks: Didn’t we learn in a Mishnah: One may not go out on Shabbat with an amulet that has not proved effective? By inference:

The Talmud asks: Doesn’t the baraita teach: Even if the amulet proved effective? The Talmud answers: The baraita is referring to an amulet that proved effective for a person, and did not prove effective for an animal. The Talmud wonders: Is there an amulet that proved effective for a person and is

The Talmud poses a question: If so, that the baraita is referring to an amulet that did not prove effective for an animal, but if the amulet proved effective, the animal may indeed go out into the public domain with it; what is the meaning of the phrase in the Tosefta: And this is a stricture that

With regard to whether and to what extent the discomfort of animals is a factor taken into consideration on Shabbat, the Talmud says: Come and hear that which was taught in a baraita: One may smear on oil and scrape off a scab on Shabbat for a person, and one may not smear on oil and scrape off a sc