Shabbat 78A

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and the opinion of the school of R' Yannai is not accepted. And here, in this baraita, they disagree about this: R' Shimon ben Elazar holds: A small limb of an adult and a large limb of a day-old child are equal to one another, and R' Natan holds: For carrying out oil in a measure equivalent to th

We learned in the Mishnah: The measure that determines liability for carrying out water is equivalent to that which is used to rub and spread on an eye bandage. Abaye said: Now, since, with regard to any substance that is utilized for both common and uncommon uses, the rabbis, in their ruling, fol

Proof for this principle can be seen in the following examples. Wine, its use for drinking is common and its use for healing is uncommon. The rabbis, in establishing the measure that determines liability for carrying out wine, followed its use for drinking, which is common, which led to a leniency

However, water, since its drinking is common and its use for healing is uncommon, what is the reason that the rabbis followed its use for healing as a stringency? Based on the above principle, the rabbis should have determined the measure based on its use for drinking. Abaye said: They taught this

We learned in the Mishnah: And the measure that determines liability for all other liquids is 1/4th of a log. A baraita states in a Tosefta: The measure that determines liability for carrying out blood and all types of liquids on Shabbat is 1/4th of a log. R' Shimon ben Elazar says: The measure tha