Shabbat 108a

פִּיטְרָא מֵאוּנָּא דְחַצְבָּא — מִיחַיַּיב מִשּׁוּם עוֹקֵר דָּבָר מִגִּידּוּלוֹ. מֵתִיב רַב אוֹשַׁעְיָא: הַתּוֹלֵשׁ מֵעָצִיץ נָקוּב — חַיָּיב, וְשֶׁאֵינוֹ נָקוּב — פָּטוּר. הָתָם — לָאו הַיְינוּ רְבִיתֵיהּ, הָכָא — הַיְינוּ רְבִיתֵיהּ. a mushroom from the handle of a pitcher on Shabbat is liable for uprooting an object from its place of growth. Rav Oshaya raised an objection from that which we learned: One who detaches a plant on Shabbat from a perforated flowerpot is liable, and one who detaches a plant from an imperforate pot is exempt. A plant that grows in an imperforate pot is not considered connected to the ground. One who detaches it is not uprooting it from its place of growth. The Gemara answers: There, in the case of an imperforate pot, that is not the way a plant grows. Plants are generally planted in the ground; a plant in an imperforate pot is disconnected from the ground. Whereas here, in the case of a mushroom growing from the handle of a pitcher, that is the way it grows. The plant is considered connected to the ground.

חַיָּה וָעוֹף כּוּ׳. אָמַר רַב הוּנָא: כּוֹתְבִין תְּפִילִּין עַל גַּבֵּי עוֹר שֶׁל עוֹף טָהוֹר. אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: מַאי קָמַשְׁמַע לַן? דְּאִית לֵיהּ עוֹר — תְּנֵינָא: הַחוֹבֵל בָּהֶן — חַיָּיב! אֲמַר לֵיהּ אַבָּיֵי: טוּבָא קָמַשְׁמַע לַן, דְּאִי מִמַּתְנִיתִין, הֲוָה אָמֵינָא כֵּיוָן דְּאִית בֵּיהּ נִיקְבֵי נִיקְבֵי לָא, קָמַשְׁמַע לַן כִּדְאָמְרִי בְּמַעְרְבָא: כׇּל נֶקֶב שֶׁהַדְּיוֹ עוֹבֶרֶת עָלָיו — אֵינוֹ נֶקֶב. We learned in the mishna: One who wounds an animal or a bird on Shabbat is liable. Rav Huna said: One may write phylacteries on the skin of a kosher bird. Rav Yosef said: What is he teaching us with this statement? If he is teaching us that a bird has skin, we already learned that: One who wounds an animal or a bird is liable. Since there is liability only if a wound forms beneath the skin, apparently a bird has skin. Abaye said to him: He is teaching us many things, for if I had only learned from the mishna, I would have said the following: Since the skin of a bird has many holes from which the feathers grow, one should not be allowed to write sacred matters on it. Therefore, he teaches us as they say in the West, i.e., in Eretz Yisrael: Any hole over which ink passes and does not penetrate it, is not considered a hole that invalidates the writing.

מֵיתִיב רַבִּי זֵירָא: ״בִּכְנָפָיו״, לְהַכְשִׁיר אֶת הָעוֹר. וְאִי סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ עוֹר הוּא, הֵיכִי מְרַבֵּי לֵיהּ קְרָא? אֲמַר לֵיהּ אַבָּיֵי: עוֹר הוּא וְרַחֲמָנָא רַבְּיֵיהּ. Rabbi Zeira raised an objection to the conclusion that the skin of a bird is considered skin. Didn’t we learn in a baraita that the verse: “And he shall rend it by its wings without creating a division, and the priest shall burn it upon the altar on the wood that is on the fire” (Leviticus 1:17), teaches that the priest must prepare even the skin to make it acceptable for the altar? That is not the case when animals are offered, as their skin is flayed before they are sacrificed. And if it should enter your mind that the skin of a bird is skin, how does the verse include it among that which the priest prepares for the altar? Abaye said: This is not difficult. Indeed, it is skin, and nevertheless, the Torah includes it as a biblical decree, specifying that the skin of a bird is sacrificed.

אִיכָּא דְאָמְרִי, אָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא: אַף אֲנַן נָמֵי תְּנֵינָא, ״בִּכְנָפָיו״ — לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הָעוֹר. אִי אָמְרַתְּ בִּשְׁלָמָא עוֹר הוּא — הַיְינוּ דְּאִיצְטְרִיךְ קְרָא לְרַבּוֹיֵיהּ. אֶלָּא אִי אָמְרַתְּ לָאו עוֹר הוּא — אַמַּאי אִיצְטְרִיךְ קְרָא לְרַבּוֹיֵיהּ? אֲמַר לֵיהּ אַבָּיֵי: לְעוֹלָם אֵימָא לָךְ לָאו עוֹר הוּא, וְאִיצְטְרִיךְ: סָלְקָא דַּעְתָּךְ אָמֵינָא כֵּיוָן דְּאִית בֵּיהּ פִּירְצֵי פִּירְצֵי מְאִיס — קָמַשְׁמַע לַן. Some say that Rabbi Zeira said: We, too, have also learned support for this halakha: The verse: “By its wings,” comes to include the skin. Granted, if you say that the skin of a bird is skin, that is the reason that the verse needs to explicitly include it. The verse is teaching us that even though the bird’s skin is skin, it must still be sacrificed. However, if you say that the skin of a bird is not skin, why is a verse necessary to include it? Clearly, it is sacrificed. Abaye said to him: That is not proof. Actually, I can say to you that it is not skin and, nevertheless, it must be included in the verse. Had the skin of the bird not been specifically included, it might have entered your mind to say that since there are many holes in it, it is repulsive and unfit for the altar. Therefore, the verse teaches us that it is sacrificed. There is no proof that the skin of a bird is considered skin.

בְּעָא מִינֵּיהּ מָר בְּרֵיהּ דְּרָבִינָא מֵרַב נַחְמָן בַּר יִצְחָק: מַהוּ לִכְתּוֹב תְּפִילִּין עַל גַּבֵּי עוֹר שֶׁל דָּג טָהוֹר? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אִם יָבֹא אֵלִיָּהוּ וְיֹאמַר. מַאי ״אִם יָבֹא אֵלִיָּהוּ וְיֹאמַר״? אִילֵּימָא אִי דְּאִית לֵיהּ עוֹר, אִי דְּלֵית לֵיהּ עוֹר — הָא חָזֵינַן דְּאִית לֵיהּ עוֹר! וְעוֹד, הָתְנַן: עַצְמוֹת הַדָּג וְעוֹרוֹ מַצִּילִין בְּאֹהֶל הַמֵּת! אֶלָּא אִם יָבֹא אֵלִיָּהוּ וְיֹאמַר אִי פְּסַקָא זוּהֲמָא מִינֵּיהּ, אִי לָא פְּסַקָא זוּהֲמָא מִינֵּיהּ. Mar, son of Ravina, raised a dilemma before Rav Naḥman bar Yitzhak: What is the halakha with regard to writing phylacteries on the skin of a kosher fish? Rav Naḥman bar Yitzhak said to him: If Elijah comes and says. The Gemara asks: What does the phrase: If Elijah comes and says, mean? What requires clarification? If you say that whether a fish has skin or whether it does not have skin requires clarification, we see that it has skin. And furthermore, we learned in a mishna: Fish bones and skin protect the objects covered with them from becoming impure under a tent with a corpse. Since fish bones and skin do not contract impurity, they constitute a barrier to impurity. Apparently, fish have skin. Rather, if Elijah comes and says whether its foul smell has ceased from it or whether its foul smell has not ceased from it.

שְׁמוּאֵל וְקַרְנָא הֲווֹ יָתְבִי אַגּוּדָּא דִּנְהַר מַלְכָּא. חֲזוֹנְהוּ לְמַיָּא דְּקָא דְּלוּ וַעֲכִירִי. אֲמַר לֵיהּ שְׁמוּאֵל לְקַרְנָא: גַּבְרָא רַבָּה קָאָתֵי מִמַּעְרְבָא וְחָיֵישׁ בִּמְעֵיהּ, וְקָא דְּלוּ מַיָּא לְאַקְבּוֹלֵי אַפֵּיהּ (קַמֵּיהּ), זִיל תְּהִי לֵיהּ אַקַּנְקַנֵּיהּ. אֲזַל אַשְׁכְּחֵיהּ לְרַב. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מִנַּיִין שֶׁאֵין כּוֹתְבִין תְּפִילִּין אֶלָּא עַל גַּבֵּי עוֹר בְּהֵמָה טְהוֹרָה? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: דִּכְתִיב: ״לְמַעַן תִּהְיֶה תּוֹרַת ה׳ בְּפִיךָ״ — מִן הַמּוּתָּר בְּפִיךְ. מִנַּיִין לַדָּם שֶׁהוּא אָדוֹם? שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וַיִּרְאוּ מוֹאָב מִנֶּגֶד אֶת הַמַּיִם אֲדֻמִּים כַּדָּם״. It was reported: Shmuel and Karna were sitting on the bank of the Malka River. They saw that the water was rising and was murky. Shmuel said to Karna: A great man is coming from the West, Eretz Yisrael, and his intestines are aching, and the water is rising to greet him. Go sniff out his container, i.e., see if he is a Torah scholar. Karna went and found Rav, who was the Sage that came from Eretz Yisrael, and he asked him several questions to test him. He said to him: From where is it derived that one may write phylacteries only on the hide of a kosher animal? Rav said to him that this halakha is as it is written: “And it shall be a sign for you on your arm, and a reminder between your eyes, so that God’s Torah will be in your mouth” (Exodus 13:9). Only hide from those animals that are permitted to be placed in your mouth, i.e., may be eaten, may be used for phylacteries. Karna then asked him: From where is it derived that prohibited blood is red? Karna asked Rav this to determine which shades of menstrual blood are impure. Rav said to him that it is as it is stated: “And the Moabites saw the water from afar, red like blood” (II Kings 3:22).

מִנַּיִין לַמִּילָה שֶׁבְּאוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם? נֶאֱמַר כָּאן ״עׇרְלָתוֹ״, וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן ״עׇרְלָתוֹ״, מַה לְּהַלָּן דָּבָר שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה פְּרִי — אַף כָּאן דָּבָר שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה פְּרִי. אֵימָא לִבּוֹ, דִּכְתִיב: ״וּמַלְתֶּם אֵת עׇרְלַת לְבַבְכֶם״?! אֵימָא אׇזְנוֹ, דִּכְתִיב: ״הִנֵּה עֲרֵלָה אׇזְנָם״?! דָּנִין ״עׇרְלָתוֹ״ תַּמָּה מֵ״עׇרְלָתוֹ״ תַּמָּה, וְאֵין דָּנִין ״עׇרְלָתוֹ״ תַּמָּה מֵ״עׇרְלָתוֹ״ שֶׁאֵינָהּ תַּמָּה. Karna also asked: From where is derived that circumcision is performed in that place? Rav answered him: It is stated here, with regard to circumcision: “And on the eighth day he shall circumcise the flesh of his foreskin [orlato]” (Leviticus 12:3), and it is stated there, with regard to recently planted trees: “And when you come to the land and plant all types of fruit trees, and you shall count the fruit thereof as forbidden [orlato]; three years shall it be as forbidden unto you, it shall not be eaten.” (Leviticus 19:23). Just as there the Torah is referring to a tree, which is an item that bears fruit, here, too, in the case of circumcision, orla is referring to an item that bears fruit. He asked him: Say that circumcision should be performed on one’s heart, as it is written: “And you shall circumcise the foreskin of [orlat] your heart” (Deuteronomy 10:16)? Say that circumcision should be performed on one’s ear, as it is written: “Behold, their ear is dull [areila] and they cannot listen” (Jeremiah 6:10)? Rav said to him: One derives the meaning of the complete form orlato from another instance of the complete form orlato; and one does not derive the complete form orlato from the incomplete form orlat, which modifies another word, as is also the case with the word areila.

אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מַאי שְׁמָךְ? קַרְנָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: יְהֵא רַעֲוָא דְּתִיפּוֹק לֵיהּ קַרְנָא בְּעֵינֵיהּ. Since Rav understood that Karna came to test him, he said to him: What is your name? He told him: Karna. He said to him: May it be the will of God that a horn [karna] will emerge in his eyes.

לְסוֹף עַיְּילֵיהּ שְׁמוּאֵל לְבֵיתֵיהּ, אוֹכְלֵיהּ נַהֲמָא דִשְׂעָרֵי וְכָסָא דְהַרְסָנָא וְאַשְׁקְיֵיהּ שִׁיכְרָא וְלָא אַחְוִי לֵיהּ בֵּית הַכִּסֵּא כִּי הֵיכִי דְּלִישְׁתַּלְשַׁל. לָט רַב וַאֲמַר: מַאן דִּמְצַעֲרַן — לָא לִיקַיְּימוּ לֵיהּ בְּנֵי, וְכֵן הֲוָה. Ultimately, Shmuel brought him into his house. He fed him barley bread and small fried fish, and gave him beer to drink, and he did not show him the lavatory so he would suffer from diarrhea. Shmuel was a doctor and he wanted to relieve Rav’s intestinal suffering by feeding him food that would relieve him. Since Rav was unaware of Shmuel’s intention, he became angry at him. Rav cursed Shmuel and said: Whoever causes me suffering, let his children not survive. Although Rav eventually discovered Shmuel’s good intentions, his curse was fulfilled, and so it was that Shmuel’s children did not survive long.

כְּתַנָּאֵי: מִנַּיִין לַמִּילָה שֶׁבְּאוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם? נֶאֱמַר כָּאן ״עׇרְלָתוֹ״, וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן ״עׇרְלָתוֹ״. מַה לְּהַלָּן דָּבָר שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה פְּרִי, אַף כָּאן דָּבָר שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה פְּרִי — דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יֹאשִׁיָּה. רַבִּי נָתָן אוֹמֵר: אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ, הֲרֵי הוּא אוֹמֵר ״וְעָרֵל זָכָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִמּוֹל אֶת בְּשַׂר עׇרְלָתוֹ״ — מְקוֹם שֶׁנִּיכָּר בֵּין זַכְרוּת לְנַקְבוּת. The Gemara comments: The issue mentioned above is in fact a dispute between tanna’im. It was asked in a baraita: From where is it derived that circumcision is performed in that place? It is stated here, in the case of circumcision, orlato. And it is stated there, with regard to trees, orlato. Just as there the Torah is referring to a tree, which is an item that bears fruit, here too, orla is referring to an item that bears fruit; this is the statement of Rabbi Yoshiya. Rabbi Natan says: This verbal analogy is not necessary, as it says: “And an uncircumcised man who does not circumcise the flesh of his foreskin [orlato], his soul will be cut off from his nation, he has broken My covenant” (Genesis 17:14). From the fact that it says: An uncircumcised man, it is derived that circumcision is in the place that distinguishes between a male and a female.

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: כּוֹתְבִין תְּפִילִּין עַל גַּבֵּי עוֹר בְּהֵמָה טְהוֹרָה, וְעַל גַּבֵּי עוֹר חַיָּה טְהוֹרָה, וְעַל גַּבֵּי עוֹר נְבֵלוֹת וּטְרֵפוֹת שֶׁלָּהֶן. וְנִכְרָכוֹת בְּשַׂעֲרָן וְנִתְפָּרוֹת בְּגִידָן, וַהֲלָכָה לְמֹשֶׁה מִסִּינַי שֶׁהַתְּפִילִּין נִכְרָכוֹת בְּשַׂעֲרָן וְנִתְפָּרוֹת בְּגִידָן. אֲבָל אֵין כּוֹתְבִין לֹא עַל גַּבֵּי עוֹר בְּהֵמָה טְמֵאָה, וְלֹא עַל גַּבֵּי עוֹר חַיָּה טְמֵאָה, וְאֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר עַל גַּבֵּי עוֹר נְבֵלָה וּטְרֵפָה שֶׁלָּהֶן. וְאֵין נִכְרָכוֹת בְּשַׂעֲרָן, וְאֵין נִתְפָּרוֹת בְּגִידָן. The Gemara cites similar proofs. The Sages taught: One may write phylacteries on the hide of a kosher domesticated animal, and on the hide of a kosher non-domesticated animal, and on the hides of their unslaughtered carcasses [neveilot], and on the hides of animals with a condition that will cause them to die within twelve months [tereifot]. And one may wrap the parchment with the hair of these animals and sew them with their sinews; and it is a halakha transmitted to Moses from Sinai that the parchment of phylacteries may be wrapped with the hair of these animals and sewn with their sinews. But one may not write on the hide of a non-kosher animal, or on the hide of a non-kosher undomesticated animal, and it goes without saying that one may not write on their skins when they are neveilot or tereifot. And one may not wrap the parchment with the hair of non-kosher animals, nor may one sew them with their sinews.

וְזוֹ שְׁאֵילָה שָׁאַל בַּיְתּוֹסִי אֶחָד אֶת רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ הַגַּרְסִי: מִנַּיִין שֶׁאֵין כּוֹתְבִין תְּפִילִּין עַל עוֹר בְּהֵמָה טְמֵאָה? דִּכְתִיב: ״לְמַעַן תִּהְיֶה תּוֹרַת ה׳ בְּפִיךָ״ — מִדָּבָר הַמּוּתָּר בְּפִיךְ. אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה, עַל גַּבֵּי עוֹר נְבֵלוֹת וּטְרֵפוֹת אַל יִכָּתְבוּ! אָמַר לוֹ: אֶמְשׁוֹל לְךָ מָשָׁל, הָא לְמָה הַדָּבָר דּוֹמֶה — לִשְׁנֵי בְּנֵי אָדָם שֶׁנִּתְחַיְּיבוּ הֲרִיגָה לַמַּלְכוּת. אֶחָד הֲרָגוֹ מֶלֶךְ וְאֶחָד הֲרָגוֹ אִיסְפַּקְלָטוֹר, אֵיזֶה מֵהֶן מְשׁוּבָּח — הֱוֵי אוֹמֵר זֶה שֶׁהֲרָגוֹ מֶלֶךְ. אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה יֵאָכְלוּ! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: הַתּוֹרָה אָמְרָה ״לֹא תֹאכְלוּ כׇל נְבֵלָה״, וְאַתְּ אָמְרַתְּ יֵאָכְלוּ?! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: קָאלוֹס. And this question was asked by a Boethusian to Rabbi Yehoshua HaGarsi: From where is it derived that one may not write phylacteries on the hide of a non-kosher animal? He said to him, it is as it is written: “So that God’s Torah will be in your mouth.” The Rabbis derived that one may write the passages only on an item that is permitted to be placed in one’s mouth, i.e., eaten. He said to him: If that is so, on the skin of neveilot and tereifot coming from kosher animals, one should not write phylacteries, as they may not be eaten. He said to him: I will tell you a parable. To what is this similar? To two people who were sentenced to death by the king. One was killed by the king himself, and one was killed by an executioner [ispaklitor]. Which one is more praiseworthy? You must say: The one that the king himself killed. Therefore, an animal that died at the hands of Heaven and not by a human action is superior. He said to him: If so, then the neveilot and tereifot should be eaten, as they were killed by the king. He said to him: The Torah said: “Do not eat any neveila” (Deuteronomy 14:20) and you say they should be eaten? A Torah decree determines that they may not be eaten, but that does not mean they are inferior. The Boethusian said to him: Well put [kalos].

מַתְנִי׳ אֵין עוֹשִׂין הֵילְמֵי בְּשַׁבָּת, MISHNA: One may not make brine [hilmei] on Shabbat,

אֲבָל עוֹשֶׂה הוּא אֶת מֵי הַמֶּלַח, וְטוֹבֵל בָּהֶן פִּתּוֹ, וְנוֹתֵן לְתוֹךְ הַתַּבְשִׁיל. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי: וַהֲלֹא הוּא הֵילְמֵי, בֵּין מְרוּבֶּה וּבֵין מוּעָט! וְאֵלּוּ הֵן מֵי מֶלַח הַמּוּתָּרִין — נוֹתֵן שֶׁמֶן לְכַתְּחִלָּה לְתוֹךְ הַמַּיִם אוֹ לְתוֹךְ הַמֶּלַח. but one may make salt water and dip one’s bread in it, and place it in cooked food. Rabbi Yosei said: But isn’t it still brine, whether it is a large quantity or whether it is a small quantity? And this is the type of salt water that is permitted: Salt water in which one places oil initially into the water or into the salt. This is salt water prepared not in the usual manner.

גְּמָ׳ מַאי קָאָמַר? אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל, הָכִי קָאָמַר: אֵין עוֹשִׂין מֵי מֶלַח מְרוּבִּין, אֲבָל עוֹשֶׂה הוּא מֵי מֶלַח מוּעָטִין. GEMARA: With regard to that which was stated in the mishna, the Gemara asks: What is the tanna saying with regard to the distinction between brine and salt water? Rav Yehuda said that Shmuel said: This is what he is saying: One may not prepare a large quantity of salt water, brine, on Shabbat, but one may prepare a small quantity of salt water.

אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי: וַהֲלֹא הוּא הֵילְמֵי, בֵּין מְרוּבִּין בֵּין מוּעָטִין. אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: רַבִּי יוֹסֵי לֶאֱסוֹר אוֹ לְהַתִּיר? אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה: לְהַתִּיר. מִדְּלָא קָתָנֵי ״רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹסֵר״. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַבָּה: הָא מִדְּקָתָנֵי סֵיפָא וְאֵלּוּ הֵן מֵי מֶלַח הַמּוּתָּרִין, מִכְּלָל דְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי לֶאֱסוֹר. אֶלָּא אָמַר רַבָּה: לֶאֱסוֹר. וְכֵן אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: לֶאֱסוֹר. We learned in the mishna that Rabbi Yosei said: But isn’t it still brine whether it is a large quantity or a small quantity? A dilemma was raised before the Sages: When Rabbi Yosei said that there is no difference between a large and small quantity of salt water, was his intention to prohibit preparing any salt water on Shabbat or to permit doing so? Rav Yehuda said: His intention is to permit doing so, which is understood from the fact that the mishna is not teaching: Rabbi Yosei prohibits. Rabba said to him: From the fact that it is taught in the latter clause of the mishna: And this is the type of salt water that is permitted, by inference, Rabbi Yosei intended to prohibit preparing salt water. Rather, Rabba said: Rabbi Yosei intended to prohibit preparing any salt water on Shabbat. And similarly, Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Rabbi Yosei’s intention was to prohibit.

תַּנְיָא נָמֵי הָכִי: אֵין עוֹשִׂין מֵי מֶלַח מְרוּבִּין לָתֵת לְתוֹךְ הַכְּבָשִׁין שֶׁבְּתוֹךְ גִּיסְטְרָא. אֲבָל עוֹשֶׂה הוּא מֵי מֶלַח מוּעָטִין, וְאוֹכֵל בָּהֶן פִּתּוֹ, וְנוֹתֵן לְתוֹךְ הַתַּבְשִׁיל. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹסֵי: וְכִי מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהַלָּלוּ מְרוּבִּין וְהַלָּלוּ מוּעָטִין הַלָּלוּ אֲסוּרִין וְהַלָּלוּ מוּתָּרִין? יֹאמְרוּ: מְלָאכָה מְרוּבָּה — אֲסוּרָה, מְלָאכָה מוּעֶטֶת — מוּתֶּרֶת! אֶלָּא אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ אֲסוּרִין הֵן. וְאֵלּוּ הֵן מֵי מֶלַח הַמּוּתָּרִין — נוֹתֵן שֶׁמֶן וּמֶלַח אוֹ שֶׁמֶן וּמַיִם, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יִתֵּן מַיִם וּמֶלַח לְכַתְּחִלָּה. That was also taught in a baraita: One may not prepare a large quantity of salt water to add to the pickled vegetables that are inside a flat earthenware shard used for pickling [gistera]. However, one may prepare a small quantity of salt water and eat his bread with it and add it to cooked food. Rabbi Yosei said: Is it because this is a large quantity and this is a small quantity that this is prohibited and this is permitted? People will learn from this and say: A large amount of labor is prohibited on Shabbat, but a small amount of labor is permitted. Rather, certainly they are both prohibited. And this is the type of salt water that is permitted: One may place oil and salt together or oil and water and then add salt to the mixture, and this halakha applies provided one does not place water and salt together ab initio.

עַזִּין צְנוֹן וְאֶתְרוֹג סִימָן. Strong, radish, and citron are a mnemonic for the following halakhot.

תָּנֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בַּר חֲבִיבָא: אֵין עוֹשִׂין מֵי מֶלַח עַזִּין. מַאי מֵי מֶלַח עַזִּין? רַבָּה וְרַב יוֹסֵף בַּר אַבָּא דְאָמְרִי תַּרְוַויְיהוּ: כֹּל שֶׁהַבֵּיצָה צָפָה בָּהֶן. וְכַמָּה? אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: תְּרֵי תִּילְתֵי מִילְחָא וְתִילְתָּא מַיָּא. Rabbi Yehuda bar Ḥaviva taught: One may not prepare strong salt water on Shabbat. The Gemara asks: What is strong salt water? Rabba and Rav Yosef bar Abba both said: Any water in which an egg can float. The Gemara asks: And how much salt is in this salt water? Abaye said: Two-thirds salt and one-third water.

לְמַאי עָבְדִי לַהּ? אָמַר רַבִּי אֲבָהוּ: לְמוּרְיְיסָא. תָּנֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בַּר חֲבִיבָא: אֵין מוֹלְחִין צְנוֹן וּבֵיצָה בְּשַׁבָּת. רַב חִזְקִיָּה מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּאַבָּיֵי אָמַר: צְנוֹן — אָסוּר, וּבֵיצָה — מוּתֶּרֶת. אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן: מֵרֵישׁ הֲוָה מָלַחְנָא פּוּגְלָא, אָמֵינָא: אַפְסוֹדֵי קָא מַפְסֵידְנָא לֵיהּ, דַּאֲמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: פּוּגְלָא חוּרְפֵּיהּ מְעַלֵּי. כֵּיוָן דִּשְׁמַעְנָא לְהָא, דְּכִי אֲתָא עוּלָּא וְאָמַר בְּמַעְרְבָא מָלְחִי כִּישְׁרֵי כִּישְׁרֵי, מִמְלָח לָא מָלַחְנָא, טַבּוֹלֵי וַדַּאי מְטַבֵּילְנָא. The Gemara asks: For what purpose is this salt water prepared? Rabbi Abbahu said: It is prepared for fish brine [muraisa]. And Rabbi Yehuda bar Ḥaviva taught with regard to salting: One may not salt a radish or an egg on Shabbat because by salting them he performs a labor that improves them. Rav Ḥizkiya said in the name of Abaye: Preparing a radish is prohibited, and preparing an egg is permitted. Rav Naḥman said: Initially, I would salt radishes on Shabbat, as I said: I am ruining it by doing so, as Shmuel said: Sharpness is good for radishes; since salt reduces their sharpness, one who adds salt ruins the radish. However, once I heard this, that when Ulla came from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia he said that in the West, i.e., Eretz Yisrael, they salt many piles of radishes throughout the week, I do not salt them on Shabbat anymore, but I certainly dip them in salt because that is not considered to be an improvement.

תָּנֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בַּר חֲבִיבָא: אֶתְרוֹג צְנוֹן וּבֵיצָה, אִילְמָלֵא קְלִיפָּתָן הַחִיצוֹנָה אֵינָן יוֹצְאִין מִבְּנֵי מֵעַיִים לְעוֹלָם. The Gemara cites that which Rabbi Yehuda bar Ḥaviva taught with regard to radishes and eggs: With regard to a citron, a radish, and an egg, if it were not for their outer peel, or egg white, they would never emerge from the intestines, because they are extremely hard to digest.

כִּי אֲתָא רַב דִּימִי אֲמַר: מֵעוֹלָם לָא טְבַע גַּבְרָא בְּיַמָּא דִסְדוֹם. אֲמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: הֲפִיכָא סְדוֹם, וַהֲפִיכָאן מִילַּהָא. גַּבְרָא הוּא דְּלָא טָבַע, כְּשׁוּרָא טָבַע?! אֲמַר לֵיהּ אַבָּיֵי, לָא מִיבַּעְיָא קָאָמַר: לָא מִבַּעְיָא כְּשׁוּרָא דַּאֲפִילּוּ בְּכׇל מֵימוֹת שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם לָא טָבַע, אֶלָּא אֲפִילּוּ גַּבְרָא דְּטָבַע בְּכׇל מֵימוֹת שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם, בְּיַמָּא דִסְדוֹם לָא טָבַע. לְמַאי נָפְקָא מִינַּהּ? כִּי הָא דְּרָבִין הֲוָה שָׁקֵיל וְאָזֵיל אֲחוֹרֵיהּ דְּרַבִּי יִרְמְיָה אַגּוּדָּא דְּיַמָּא דִסְדוֹם. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מַהוּ לְמִימְשֵׁי מֵהָנֵי מַיָּא בְּשַׁבְּתָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: שַׁפִּיר דָּמֵי. When Rav Dimi came from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia he said: No person has ever drowned in the Sea of Sodom, the Dead Sea. Since there is so much salt, people easily float in it. Rav Yosef said: Sodom is overturned and Rav Dimi’s statement is backward. Is his statement saying that it is a man who does not drown in the Dead Sea, but a plank sinks? Abaye said to him: He is saying his statement utilizing the style of: It is not necessary: It is not necessary to mention a plank because it does not sink in any body of water in the world. But even a man, who drowns in other bodies of water in the world, does not drown in the Sea of Sodom. The Gemara asks: What are the practical consequences of this halakha? The Gemara explains: This halakha is relevant in a case of this kind: Ravin was walking after Rabbi Yirmeya on the shore of the Sea of Sodom. Ravin said to Rabbi Yirmeya: What is the ruling? Is it permitted to wash oneself with this water on Shabbat, or perhaps it is prohibited because it has healing properties? Rabbi Yirmeya said to him: One may well do so.

מַהוּ לְמִימַּץ וּלְמִיפְתַּח? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: זוֹ לֹא שָׁמַעְתִּי, כַּיּוֹצֵא בָּהּ שָׁמַעְתִּי. דְּאָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא, זִימְנִין אָמַר לַהּ מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּרַב מַתְנָה וְזִימְנִין אָמַר לַהּ מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דְּמָר עוּקְבָא, וְתַרְוַויְיהוּ מִשְּׁמֵיהּ דַּאֲבוּהּ דִּשְׁמוּאֵל וְלֵוִי אָמְרִין, חַד אָמַר: יַיִן, בְּתוֹךְ הָעַיִן — אָסוּר, עַל גַּב הָעַיִן — מוּתָּר. וְחַד אָמַר: רוֹק תָּפֵל [אֲפִילּוּ] עַל גַּב הָעַיִן — אָסוּר. Ravin asked another question: When one washes himself on Shabbat in water from the Dead Sea, what is the halakha? Is it permitted for him to close and open his eyes in the water so that the water gets inside? Rabbi Yirmeya said to him: That case I did not hear; however, with regard to a similar case, placing wine in one’s eye on Shabbat, I did hear. As Rabbi Zeira said, sometimes he said it in the name of Rav Mattana and sometimes he said it in the name of Mar Ukva, and they both said it in the name of Shmuel’s father and in the name of Levi: One of them said: With regard to placing wine inside the eye on Shabbat, it is prohibited because it heals; on the eye, it is permitted. And one of them said: Bland saliva, saliva from one who has not eaten since waking, even placing it on the eye on Shabbat is prohibited because it is commonly used as medicine.

תִּסְתַּיֵּים דַּאֲבוּהּ דִּשְׁמוּאֵל הוּא דְּאָמַר יַיִן בְּתוֹךְ הָעַיִן — אָסוּר, עַל גַּב הָעַיִן — מוּתָּר, מִדְּאָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: שׁוֹרֶה אָדָם פִּיתּוֹ בְּיַיִן וְנוֹתְנוֹ עַל גַּב הָעַיִן בְּשַׁבָּת. דִּשְׁמִיעָא לֵיהּ מִמַּאן — לָאו דִּשְׁמִיעָא לֵיהּ מֵאֲבוּהּ? וְלִיטַעְמָיךְ, הָא דְּאָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: רוֹק תָּפֵל אֲפִילּוּ עַל גַּבֵּי הָעַיִן אָסוּר, דִּשְׁמִיעָא לֵיהּ מִמַּאן? אִילֵּימָא דִּשְׁמִיעָא לֵיהּ מֵאֲבוּהּ, אֶלָּא לֵוִי — וְלָא חֲדָא אָמַר?! אֶלָּא: חֲדָא שְׁמִיעָא לֵיהּ מֵאֲבוּהּ וַחֲדָא שְׁמִיעָא לֵיהּ מִלֵּוִי, וְלָא יָדְעִינַן הֵי מֵאֲבוּהּ הֵי מִלֵּוִי. The Gemara comments: Conclude that Shmuel’s father is the one who said that placing wine inside the eye is prohibited but on the eye is permitted, from the fact that Shmuel said: A person may soak his bread in wine and place it on his eye on Shabbat. He said this after he heard this halakha from whom? Is it not that he heard it from his father? The Gemara rejects this: And according to your reasoning, that halakha which Shmuel said: It is prohibited to place bland saliva even on the eye on Shabbat, he said this after he heard this halakha from whom? If we say that he heard it from his father, then Levi, who was cited together with Shmuel’s father in the list of those who stated the halakhot, did he himself not say even one halakha? Rather, one halakha Shmuel heard from his father, and one halakha he heard one from Levi, and we do not know which he heard from his father and which he heard from Levi.

אָמַר מָר עוּקְבָא אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: שׁוֹרֶה אָדָם קִילוֹרִין מֵעֶרֶב שַׁבָּת וְנוֹתֵן עַל גַּב עֵינָיו בְּשַׁבָּת, וְאֵינוֹ חוֹשֵׁשׁ. בַּר לֵוַאי הֲוָה קָאֵי קַמֵּיהּ דְּמָר עוּקְבָא. חַזְיֵיהּ דַּהֲוָה עָמֵיץ וּפָתַח. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: כּוּלֵּי הַאי וַדַּאי לָא שְׁרָא מָר שְׁמוּאֵל. שְׁלַח לֵיהּ רַבִּי יַנַּאי לְמָר עוּקְבָא: לִישַׁדַּר לַן מָר מֵהָנָךְ קִילוֹרִין דְּמָר שְׁמוּאֵל. שְׁלַח לֵיהּ: שַׁדּוֹרֵי מְשַׁדַּרְנָא לָךְ, דְּלָא תֵּימָא צַר עַיִן אֲנָא, אֶלָּא הָכִי אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: טוֹבָה טִיפַּת צוֹנֵן שַׁחֲרִית וּרְחִיצַת יָדַיִם וְרַגְלַיִם בְּחַמִּין עַרְבִית מִכׇּל קִילוֹרִין שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם. תַּנְיָא נָמֵי הָכִי, אָמַר רַבִּי מוּנָא מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי יְהוּדָה: טוֹבָה טִיפַּת צוֹנֵן שַׁחֲרִית וּרְחִיצַת יָדַיִם וְרַגְלַיִם עַרְבִית מִכׇּל קִילוֹרִין שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם. Mar Ukva said that Shmuel said: One may soak eye salves from Shabbat eve and place them on his eyes on Shabbat, and he need not be concerned that he is violating the prohibition against healing on Shabbat. The Gemara relates: Bar Liva’ei was standing before Mar Ukva on Shabbat. He saw Mar Ukva, who was opening and closing his eyes while applying a salve to them. Bar Liva’ei said to him: Master Shmuel certainly did not permit doing all of this. Rabbi Yannai sent a message to Mar Ukva: Can the master send us some of Master Shmuel’s eye salves? Mar Ukva sent him in response: I will send it to you so that you do not say I am miserly, but be aware that this is what Shmuel said: For healing the eyes, better a drop of cold water in the morning and washing the hands and feet with hot water in the evening than all the eye salves in the world. Follow these instructions and you will need nor other cures. That was also taught in a baraita: Rabbi Mona said in the name of Rabbi Yehuda: Better a drop of cold water in the morning and washing the hands and feet in the evening than all the eye salves in the world.

הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר: יָד לָעַיִן — תִּיקָּצֵץ. יָד לַחוֹטֶם — תִּיקָּצֵץ. יָד לַפֶּה — תִּיקָּצֵץ. יָד לָאוֹזֶן — תִּיקָּצֵץ. יָד לַחֲסוּדָה — תִּיקָּצֵץ. יָד לָאַמָּה — תִּיקָּצֵץ. יָד לְפִי טַבַּעַת — תִּיקָּצֵץ. יָד Apropos Rabbi Mona’s statement with regard to healing, the text cites what he would say about other matters that require special attention: A hand that touches the eye should be severed because it harms the eye. A hand that touches the nose should be severed. A hand that touches the mouth should be severed. A hand that touches the ear should be severed. A hand that touches one’s wound should be severed. A hand that touches one’s member should be severed, lest one arouse himself. A hand that touches one’s anus should be severed, lest one make himself ill. A hand

לַגִּיגִית — תִּיקָּצֵץ, יָד מְסַמָּא, יָד מַחְרֶשֶׁת, יָד מַעֲלָה פּוֹלִיפּוּס. תַּנְיָא, רַבִּי נָתָן אוֹמֵר: בַּת חוֹרִין הִיא זוֹ וּמַקְפֶּדֶת עַד שֶׁיִּרְחוֹץ יָדָיו שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: פּוּךְ מַעֲבִיר בַּת מֶלֶךְ, וּפוֹסֵק אֶת הַדִּמְעָה, וּמַרְבֶּה שֵׂיעָר בָּעַפְעַפַּיִים. תַּנְיָא נָמֵי הָכִי, רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: פּוּךְ מַעֲבִיר בַּת מֶלֶךְ, וּפוֹסֵק אֶת הַדִּמְעָה, וּמַרְבֶּה שֵׂיעָר בָּעַפְעַפַּיִם. that is placed into a barrel of beer should be severed because the beer will not ferment. A hand that frequently touches the eye causes blindness. A hand that frequently touches the ear causes deafness. A hand that touches the nose or mouth causes polyps [polypus]. It was taught in a baraita that Rabbi Natan says: She is a liberated entity, this evil spirit that rests on one’s hands before they are washed in the morning, and she refuses to leave until one washes his hands three times. Rabbi Yoḥanan said: When eye shadow is placed on the eyes it causes the evil spirit called the Daughter of the King to pass, and it stops tears and causes eyelashes to grow. That was also taught in a baraita: Rabbi Yosei says: Eye shadow causes the Daughter of the King to pass, and stops tears and causes eyelashes to grow.

וְאָמַר מָר עוּקְבָא אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: עָלִין אֵין בָּהֶם מִשּׁוּם רְפוּאָה. אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: כּוּסְבַּרְתָּא אֵין בָּהּ מִשּׁוּם רְפוּאָה. אָמַר רַב שֵׁשֶׁת: כְּשׁוּת אֵין בָּהֶן מִשּׁוּם רְפוּאָה. אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: כּוּסְבַּרְתָּא, אֲפִילּוּ לְדִידִי קַשְׁיָא לִי. אָמַר רַב שֵׁשֶׁת: גַּרְגִּירָא, אֲפִילּוּ לְדִידִי מְעַלֵּי [לִי]. וְאָמַר מָר עוּקְבָא אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: כׇּל מִינֵי כְּשׁוּת שְׁרוּ לְבַר מִטָּרוֹזָא. And Mar Ukva said that Shmuel said: Leaves that are placed on the eye (Rabbeinu Ḥananel) contain no element of healing, and therefore one may place them on his eyes on Shabbat.
Rav Yosef said: Coriander contains no element of healing.
Rav Sheshet said: Hops contain no element of healing.
Rav Yosef said: Even for me, who is blind, coriander is harmful. He overstated coriander’s inefficacy, asserting that it is in fact harmful.
Rav Sheshet said: Arugula even for me, despite my blindness, is beneficial.
And Mar Ukva also said that Shmuel said: All types of hops may be eaten on Shabbat except for teruza, which is used exclusively for medicinal purposes.

אָמַר רַב חִסְדָּא: שִׁירְקָא טַוְיָא — שְׁרֵי, פִּיעְפּוּעֵי בֵיעֵי — אָסוּר. דְּבֵיתְהוּ דִּזְעֵירִי עֲבַדָא לֵיהּ לְחִיָּיא בַּר אָשֵׁי, וְלָא אֲכַל. אֲמַרָה לֵיהּ: לְרַבָּךְ עֲבַדִי לֵיהּ וַאֲכַל, וְאַתְּ לָא אָכְלַתְּ?! זְעֵירִי לְטַעְמֵיהּ, דְּאָמַר זְעֵירִי: נוֹתֵן אָדָם יַיִן צָלוּל וּמַיִם צְלוּלִין לְתוֹךְ הַמְשַׁמֶּרֶת בְּשַׁבָּת וְאֵינוֹ חוֹשֵׁשׁ. אַלְמָא כֵּיוָן דְּמִשְׁתְּתֵי הָכִי — לָאו מִידֵּי קָעָבֵיד, הָכָא נָמֵי כֵּיוָן דְּמִיתְּכִיל הָכִי — לָאו מִידֵּי קָעָבֵיד. Rav Ḥisda said: Melon juice, which is beneficial for the intestines, may be strained and drunk on Shabbat (ge’onim). The juice of pipuim, which are a type of vegetable (Rashba), may not be drunk on Shabbat. The Gemara relates: Ze’iri’s wife made melon juice for Ḥiyya bar Ashi and he did not consume it. She said to him: I made it for your Rabbi, Ze’iri, and he ate it, and you do not eat it? The Gemara explains: Ze’iri followed his own reasoning in permitting this drink, as Ze’iri said: One may place clear wine and clear water into a strainer used to strain dregs from wine on Shabbat without concern. Apparently, since the wine and water are drunk even with what little dregs may remain, one is doing nothing to improve them. Here, too, since melon juice is consumed this way, without being strained and for non-medical purposes, one is doing nothing and it is permitted.

וְאָמַר מָר עוּקְבָא: מִי שֶׁנִּגְּפָה יָדוֹ אוֹ רַגְלוֹ, צוֹמְתָהּ בְּיַיִן וְאֵינוֹ חוֹשֵׁשׁ. אִיבַּעְיָא לְהוּ: חַלָּא מַאי? אָמַר רַב הִלֵּל לְרַב אָשֵׁי: כִּי הֲוֵינָא בֵּי רַב כָּהֲנָא אָמְרִי חַלָּא לָא. אָמַר רָבָא: וְהָנֵי בְּנֵי מָחוֹזָא, כֵּיוָן דִּמְפַנְּקִי — אֲפִילּוּ חַמְרָא נָמֵי מַסֵּי לְהוּ. And Mar Ukva also said: One whose hand or foot was wounded may immerse it in wine on Shabbat to stop the flow of blood, and he need not be concerned that he is violating the prohibition against healing on Shabbat. A dilemma was raised before the Sages: With regard to vinegar, what is the ruling? May one immerse a wound in it? Rav Hillel said to Rav Ashi: When we were in Rav Kahana’s house they said that vinegar is not permitted, as it is considered actual medicine. Rava said: And these people from Meḥoza, since they are delicate, even wine heals them. Therefore, they may not immerse their wounds in wine.

רָבִינָא אִיקְּלַע לְבֵי רַב אָשֵׁי, חַזְיֵיהּ דִּדְרִיכָא לֵיהּ חֲמָרָא אַגַּבָּא דְכַרְעֵיהּ, וְיָתֵיב קָא צָמֵית לֵיהּ בְּחַלָּא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לָא סָבַר לַהּ מָר לְהָא דְּאָמַר רַב הִילֵּל חַלָּא לָא? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: גַּב הַיָּד וְגַב הָרֶגֶל שָׁאנֵי. The Gemara relates: Ravina happened to come to the house of Rav Ashi. He saw that a donkey stepped on the back of Rav Ashi’s foot, and Rav Ashi sat and immersed his foot in vinegar on Shabbat. Ravina said to Rav Ashi: Does the Master not hold according to that which Rav Hillel stated, that vinegar is not permitted? He said to him: The back of the hand and the back of the foot are different because their wounds are dangerous.

אִיכָּא דְאָמְרִי, חַזְיֵיהּ דְּקָא צָמֵית לֵיהּ בְּחַמְרָא. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לָא סָבַר לַהּ מָר לְהָא דְּאָמַר רָבָא: הָנֵי בְּנֵי מָחוֹזָא כֵּיוָן דִּמְפַנְּקִי — אֲפִילּוּ חַמְרָא נָמֵי מַסֵּי לְהוּ? וּמָר נָמֵי הָא מְפַנַּק! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: גַּב הַיָּד וְגַב הָרֶגֶל שָׁאנֵי. דְּאָמַר רַב אַדָּא בַּר מַתְנָה אָמַר רַב: גַּב הַיָּד וְגַב הָרֶגֶל הֲרֵי הֵן כְּמַכָּה שֶׁל חָלָל וּמְחַלְּלִין עֲלֵיהֶן אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת. Some say that Ravina saw that Rav Ashi immersed his foot in wine. Ravina said to him: Does the Master not hold according to that which Rava said: These people from Meḥoza, since they are delicate, even wine heals them? And the Master is also delicate. Rav Ashi said to him: The back of the hand and the back of the foot are different, as Rav Adda bar Mattana said that Rav said: A wound on the back of the hand or the back of the foot is like a fatal wound, and one may desecrate Shabbat for it.

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: רוֹחֲצִים בְּמֵי גְרָר, בְּמֵי חַמָּתָן, בְּמֵי עַסְיָא וּבְמֵי טְבֶרְיָא, אֲבָל לֹא בַּיָּם הַגָּדוֹל וְלֹא בְּמֵי מִשְׁרָה וְלֹא בְּיַמָּהּ שֶׁל סְדוֹם. The Sages taught in a baraita: On Shabbat, one may bathe in the therapeutic hot springs of the waters of Gerar, in the waters of Ḥamatan, in the waters of Asya, and in the waters of Tiberias; however, one may not bathe in the Great Sea, namely, the Mediterranean sea, nor in water in which flax was soaked, nor in the Sea of Sodom, because people bathe in those bodies of water only for medicinal purposes.

וּרְמִינְהוּ: רוֹחֲצִים בְּמֵי טְבֶרְיָא וּבַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל, אֲבָל לֹא בְּמֵי מִשְׁרָה וְלֹא בְּיַמָּהּ שֶׁל סְדוֹם — קַשְׁיָא יָם הַגָּדוֹל אַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל! And the Gemara raises a contradiction based on that which was taught in another baraita: One may bathe in the waters of Tiberias on Shabbat and in the Great Sea; but one may not bathe in water in which flax was soaked, nor in the Sea of Sodom. This is difficult because in the first baraita the Sages prohibit bathing in the Great Sea, and in this baraita they permit bathing in the Great Sea.

אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, לָא קַשְׁיָא: הָא — רַבִּי מֵאִיר, הָא — רַבִּי יְהוּדָה. דִּתְנַן: כָּל הַיַּמִּים כְּמִקְוֶה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וּלְמִקְוֵה הַמַּיִם קָרָא יַמִּים״, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: יָם הַגָּדוֹל כְּמִקְוֶה, וְלֹא נֶאֱמַר ״יַמִּים״, אֶלָּא שֶׁיֵּשׁ בּוֹ מִינֵי יַמִּים הַרְבֵּה. Rabbi Yoḥanan said: This is not difficult, because this baraita, which permits bathing in the Great Sea, is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Meir, who deems all seas equal. That baraita, which prohibits bathing there, is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda, who holds that the Great Sea is unlike other seas. As we learned in a mishna: All seas purify like a ritual bath [mikve], as it is stated: “And God called the dry land earth, and the gathering together of the waters [mikve] He called seas” (Genesis 1:10); this is the statement of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yehuda says: Only the Great Sea purifies like a ritual bath, and the verse states seas only because there are many seas in the Great Sea, not because all seas purify.

רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: כׇּל הַיַּמִּים מְטַהֲרִין בְּזוֹחֲלִין, וּפְסוּלִים לְזָבִים וְלִמְצוֹרָעִים וּלְקַדֵּשׁ בָּהֶן מֵי חַטָּאת. מַתְקֵיף לַהּ רַב נַחְמָן בַּר יִצְחָק: Rabbi Yosei says: All seas purify like a ritual bath. They actually purify even more than a ritual bath, as they purify even when they are flowing. Immersion in a sea is purifying not only when its waters are still, but even when they are flowing. That is not the case with a ritual bath, whose waters only purify when still. And sea water is invalid for purifying zavim and lepers and for sanctifying purification water to mix the ashes of the red heifer with it. Those cases require spring water. Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak strongly objects to this explanation:

אֵימוֹר דִּפְלִיגִי לְעִנְיַן טוּמְאָה וְטׇהֳרָה, לְעִנְיַן שַׁבָּת מִי שָׁמְעַתְּ לְהוּ? אֶלָּא אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן בַּר יִצְחָק, לָא קַשְׁיָא: הָא דְּאִישְׁתַּהִי, הָא דְּלָא אִישְׁתַּהִי. Say that they disagree over the status of the Mediterranean Sea with regard to impurity and purity, but with regard to Shabbat did you hear that they disagree? Rather, Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: The contradiction between the two baraitot is not difficult. This baraita, which prohibits bathing in the Mediterranean, is referring to a case where one remained in the water and thereby indicated that he bathed in the Mediterranean for its curative effects. That baraita, which permits bathing, is referring to a case where one did not remain in the water, and thereby indicated that he bathed in the Mediterranean for non-medical purposes.

בְּמַאי אוֹקֵימְתָּא לְבָתְרָיְיתָא — דְּלָא אִישְׁתַּהִי, אִי דְּלָא אִישְׁתַּהִי — אֲפִילּוּ בְּמֵי מִשְׁרָה נָמֵי. דְּהָתַנְיָא: רוֹחֲצִין בְּמֵי טְבֶרְיָא וּבְמֵי מִשְׁרָה וּבְיַמָּה שֶׁל סְדוֹם, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ חֲטָטִים בְּרֹאשׁוֹ. בַּמֶּה דְּבָרִים אֲמוּרִים — שֶׁלֹּא נִשְׁתַּהָא, אֲבָל נִשְׁתַּהָא — אָסוּר. The Gemara asks: And how did you establish this last baraita? Do you say that it is referring to a case where one did not remain in the water? If it is referring to a case where one did not remain in the water, it would be permitted to bathe even in water in which flax was soaked, as it was taught in a baraita: One may bathe on Shabbat in the waters of Tiberias, and in water in which flax was soaked, and in the Sodom Sea, and this is even though one has wounds on his head that are healed by bathing in these waters. In what case is this statement said? In a case where one did not remain in the water, since it appears that he entered the water to cool himself. However, if one remained in the water it is prohibited.

אֶלָּא יָם הַגָּדוֹל אַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל לָא קַשְׁיָא: הָא — בְּיָפִין שֶׁבּוֹ, הָא — בְּרָעִים שֶׁבּוֹ. מֵי מִשְׁרָה אַמֵּי מִשְׁרָה נָמֵי לָא קַשְׁיָא: הָא — דְּאִישְׁתַּהִי, הָא — דְּלָא אִישְׁתַּהִי. Rather, the contradiction between the baraita that permits bathing in the Great Sea on Shabbat and the baraita that prohibits bathing in the Great Sea on Shabbat is not difficult. There is a distinction between the two. This baraita, which permits doing so, is referring to the pure water in it, i.e., the area in the Great Sea in which one bathes for pleasure during the week. That baraita, which prohibits bathing, is referring to the polluted water in it, which people enter only for medicinal purposes. And with regard to the contradiction between one statement with regard to the water in which flax was soaked and the other statement about water in which flax was soaked, it is also not difficult. There is a distinction between the two statements. This baraita, which prohibits bathing on Shabbat in water in which flax was soaked, is referring to a case where one remained in the water and thereby indicated that he was bathing for medicinal purposes. That baraita, which permits bathing on Shabbat in water in which flax was soaked, is referring to a case where one did not remain there. It is permitted to bathe in that water for non-medical purposes.

מַתְנִי׳ אֵין אוֹכְלִין אֵיזֹבְיוֹן בְּשַׁבָּת לְפִי שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַאֲכַל בְּרִיאִים, אֲבָל אוֹכֵל הוּא אֶת יוֹעֶזֶר, וְשׁוֹתֶה אַבּוּבְרוֹאֶה. כׇּל הָאוֹכָלִין — אוֹכֵל אָדָם לִרְפוּאָה, וְכׇל הַמַּשְׁקִין — שׁוֹתֶה, חוּץ מִמֵּי דְקָלִים וְכוֹס עִיקָּרִין, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵן לִירוֹקָה. אֲבָל שׁוֹתֶה הוּא מֵי דְקָלִים לִצְמָאוֹ, וְסָךְ שֶׁמֶן עִיקָּרִין שֶׁלֹּא לִרְפוּאָה. MISHNA: One may not eat eizoveyon on Shabbat because healthy people do not eat it, and therefore it is clear that anyone eating it is doing so for its medicinal value. However, one may eat a plant called yo’ezer and may drink abuvro’e. Furthermore, all types of food that healthy people eat may be eaten by a person even for medicinal purposes. And one may drink all drinks except for water from palm trees and a kos ikarin because they are known as a remedy for jaundice. Therefore, it is prohibited to drink them on Shabbat for curative purposes. However, one may drink palm tree water on Shabbat in order to quench his thirst, and one may smear ikarin oil on himself for non-medical purposes.

גְּמָ׳ אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: אֵזוֹב — ״אַבְרָתָה בַּר הֲמַג״, אֵיזֹבְיוֹן — ״אַבְרָתָה בַּר הִינְג״. עוּלָּא אָמַר: מָרְוָא חִיוָּרָא. עוּלָּא אִיקְּלַע לְבֵי רַב שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר יְהוּדָה, אַיְיתוֹ לְקַמֵּיהּ מָרְוָא חִיוָּרָא. אֲמַר: הַיְינוּ אֵזוֹב דִּכְתִיב בְּאוֹרָיְיתָא. רַב פַּפֵּי אָמַר: שׁוּמְשׁוּק. אָמַר רַב יִרְמְיָה מִדִּיפְתִּי: כְּווֹתֵיהּ דְּרַב פַּפֵּי מִסְתַּבְּרָא, דִּתְנַן: מִצְוַת אֵזוֹב שְׁלֹשָׁה קְלָחִין וּבָהֶן שְׁלֹשָׁה גִבְעוֹלִין, וְשׁוּמְשׁוּק הוּא דְּמִשְׁתַּכְחָא הָכִי. לְמַאי אָכְלִי לֵיהּ — לְקוּקְאיָנֵי. בְּמַאי אָכְלִי לֵיהּ — בִּשְׁבַע תַּמְרֵי אוּכָּמָתָא. מִמַּאי הָוְיָא — מִקִּימְחָא דִשְׂעָרֵי בְּמָנָא דַּחֲלֵיף עֲלֵיהּ אַרְבְּעִין יוֹמִין. GEMARA: Rav Yosef said: Unspecified hyssop mentioned in the Torah is called abarta bar hamag in Babylonia, and eizoveyon is called abarta bar hing. Ulla said: The hyssop mentioned in the Torah is white sage. The Gemara relates: Ulla happened to come to the house of Rav Shmuel bar Yehuda. They brought white sage before him. He said: This is the hyssop that is written in the Torah. Rav Pappi said: Hyssop is the root called shumeshuk. Rav Yirmeya of Difti said: In accordance with the opinion of Rav Pappi it is reasonable, as we learned in a mishna: The mitzva of hyssop is that one take three branches each with three stems, and shumeshuk is the species that is found with that configuration of three stems on each of its branches. The Gemara says: For what purpose do people eat it? It is eaten for curing intestinal worms. And with what is it eaten? It is eaten with seven black dates. From what do worms come into being in the intestines? They come into being from eating barley flour from a vessel that held the flour for forty days since it was ground.

אֲבָל אוֹכֵל הוּא אֶת יוֹעֶזֶר. מַאי יוֹעֶזֶר? פּוּתַּנְק. לְמַאי אָכְלִי לַהּ — לְאַרְקָתָא. בְּמַאי אָכְלִי לַהּ — בִּשְׁבַע תַּמְרֵי חִיוּוֹרָתָא. מִמַּאי הָוְיָא — מֵאוּמְצָא וּמַיָּא אַלִּיבָּא רֵיקָנָא, וּמִבִּישְׂרָא שַׁמִּינָא אַלִּיבָּא רֵיקָנָא, וּמִבִּישְׂרָא דְתוֹרָא אַלִּיבָּא רֵיקָנָא, מֵאַמְגּוּזָא אַלִּיבָּא רֵיקָנָא, וּמִגִּירֵי דְרוּבְיָא אַלִּיבָּא רֵיקָנָא וּמִשְׁתֵּי מַיָּא אַבָּתְרֵיהּ. We learned in the mishna: However, one may eat the yo’ezer plant. The Gemara asks: What is yo’ezer? The Gemara answers: It is the vegetable known as potnak. For what is it eaten? It is eaten to cure liver worms. With what is it eaten? It is eaten with seven white dates. From what do worms come into being in the liver? From eating raw meat with water on an empty stomach, and from eating fatty meat on an empty stomach, and from eating ox meat on an empty stomach, and from eating nuts on an empty stomach, and from eating fenugreek shoots on an empty stomach and drinking water thereafter.

וְאִי לָא — לִיבְלַע תַּחְלֵי חִיוּוֹרָתָא. וְאִי לָא — לִיתִּיב בְּתַעֲנִיתָא, וְלַיְתֵי בִּישְׂרָא שַׁמִּינָא וְלִישְׁדֵּי אַגּוּמְרֵי, וְלִימֵיץ גַּרְמָא, וְלִיגַמַּע חַלָּא. וְאִיכָּא דְאָמְרִי: חַלָּא לָא, מִשּׁוּם דְּקָשֵׁי לְכַבְדָּא. וְאִי לָא — לַיְיתֵי גִּירְדָּא דַאֲסִינְתָּא דִּגְרִידָא מֵעִילַּאי לְתַתַּאי, וְלָא מִתַּתַּאי לְעִילַּאי, דִּילְמָא נָפְקָא אַיְּידֵי פּוּמֵּיהּ, וְלִישְׁלְקַהּ בְּשִׁיכְרָא בֵּי שִׁיבָבֵי, וּלְמָחָר נִסְכְּרִינּוּן לְנִקְבִין דִּידֵיהּ וְלִישְׁתֵּי, וְכִי מִפְּנֵי — מִפְּנֵי אַפְּשִׁיחָא דְּדִקְלָא. And if one has liver worms but does not have any potnak handy, or if one has taken potnak and it did not help, he should swallow white cress. And if he does not have that or if it did not help him, he should sit in fast, and take fatty meat and place it on coals and suck the bone and swallow vinegar. And some say: One should not drink vinegar because it is harmful to the liver. And if none of those options are available, let one take the sawdust that was scraped from the shell of a thorn bush from top to bottom, and not from bottom to top, as perhaps then the worms will come out through his mouth. And let one then boil the scrapings in beer at twilight and the next day close his nostrils and drink it. And when he defecates, he should defecate on the trunk of a palm tree.

וְשׁוֹתִין אַבּוּבְרוֹאֶה. מַאי אַבּוּבְרוֹאֶה? חוּמַטְרִיָּא. מַאי חוּמַטְרִיָּא? חוּטְרָא יְחִידָאָה. לְמַאי עָבְדִי לַהּ — לְגִילּוּיָא. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי חַמְשָׁא כְּלִילֵי וְחַמְשָׁא כּוֹסָתָא דְשִׁיכְרָא, וְנִישְׁלוֹקִינְהוּ בַּהֲדֵי הֲדָדֵי עַד דְּקַיְימָא אַאַנְפָּקָא, וְנִישְׁתֵּי. We learned the mishna: And one may drink abuvro’e on Shabbat. The Gemara asks: What is abuvro’e? The Gemara answers: It is the plant known as ḥumtareya. The Gemara asks: What is ḥumtareya? It is that which is called the lonely staff. The Gemara asks: For what purpose is it used? It is used for one who drank exposed water from which we suspect a snake drank and left behind its venom. And if one does not have the lonely staff, or if it was ineffective, let him take five roses and five cups of beer and cook them together until there is a quarter of a log of liquid and then drink it.

אִימֵּיהּ דְּרַב אַחָדְבוּי בַּר אַמֵּי עֲבַדָה לֵיהּ לְהָהוּא גַּבְרָא חַד כְּלִילָא וְחַד כּוֹסְתָּא דְשִׁיכְרָא. שְׁלַקָה וְאַישְׁקִיתֵיהּ, וּשְׁגַרָא תַּנּוּרָא וּגְרַפְתֵּיהּ, (ואותביתיה לבינתא) [וְאוֹתִיבָה בֵּיהּ לְבֵינְתָּא, וְאוֹתִיבְתֵּיהּ] בְּגַוֵּויהּ, וּנְפַק [מִינֵּיהּ] כְּהוּצָא יַרְקָא. The Gemara relates: Rav Aḥadvoi bar Ami’s mother made this remedy for a certain man who had drunk exposed water suspected of having venom in it. She took one rose and one cup of beer and she boiled them. She gave it to him to drink, and lit the oven, and swept out the coals, and placed a brick inside it on which he could sit and not get burned. And something that appeared like a green leaf emerged, i.e., he vomited the venom.

רַב אַוְיָא אָמַר: רְבִיעֵתָא דַחֲלָבָא מֵעִיזָּא חִיוָּרְתָּא. רַב הוּנָא בַּר יְהוּדָה אָמַר: לַיְיתֵי אֶתְרוֹגָא חֲלִיתָא וְלִחַיְּיקֵיהּ וְלִימַלְּיֵיהּ דּוּבְשָׁא, וְלוֹתְבֵהּ בֵּי מִילְלֵי דְנוּרָא, וְלֵיכְלֵיהּ. רַבִּי חֲנִינָא אָמַר, מֵי רַגְלַיִם בְּנֵי אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם: בַּרְזִינָא — לְזִיבּוּרָא, רְבִיעֵתָא — לְעַקְרַבָּא, פַּלְגָא רִיבְעָא — לְגִילּוּיָא, רִיבְעָא — אֲפִילּוּ לִכְשָׁפִים מְעַלּוּ. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: אֲנִיגְרוֹן, וַאֲבַנְגַּר, וְתִירְיָיקָה — מְעַלּוּ בֵּין לְגִילּוּיָא בֵּין לִכְשָׁפִים. Rav Avya said: The remedy for one who has swallowed venom is to drink a quarter of a log of milk from a white goat. Rav Huna bar Yehuda said: Let one bring a sweet citron and make a hole in it, and fill it with honey, and place it among burning coals, and eat it. Rabbi Ḥanina said: Urine that is forty days old is an effective remedy for several maladies: A very small cupful is beneficial in treating a hornet sting. A quarter of a log is beneficial in treating a scorpion bite. Half a log is effective in treating one who drank exposed water. A log is even effective in counteracting witchcraft. Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Water in which spinach was boiled [anigron], and water in which banagri grass was boiled [avangar], and balsam are effective for both one who drank exposed water and as an antidote for witchcraft.

הַאי מַאן דִּבְלַע חִיוְיָא — לוֹכְלֵיהּ כְּשׁוּתָא בְּמִילְחָא, וְלַירְהֲטֵיהּ תְּלָתָא מִילֵּי. רַב שִׁימִי בַּר אָשֵׁי חַזְיֵיהּ לְהָהוּא גַּבְרָא דִּבְלַע חִיוְיָא. אִידְּמִי לֵיהּ כְּפַרָּשָׁא. אוֹכְלֵיהּ כְּשׁוּתָא בְּמִילְחָא וְאַרְהֲטֵיהּ קַמֵּיהּ תְּלָתָא מִילֵּי, וּנְפַק מִינֵּיהּ גּוּבֵּי גּוּבֵּי. אִיכָּא דְאָמְרִי: רַב שִׁימִי בַּר אָשֵׁי בְּלַע חִיוְיָא, אֲתָא אֵלִיָּהוּ אִידְּמִי לֵיהּ כְּפַרָּשָׁא. אוֹכְלֵיהּ כְּשׁוּתָא בְּמִילְחָא וְאַרְהֲטֵיהּ קַמֵּיהּ תְּלָתָא מִילֵּי וּנְפַק מִינֵּיהּ גּוּבֵּי גּוּבֵּי. הַאי מַאן דְּטַרְקֵיהּ חִיוְיָא — לֵיתֵי עוּבָּרָא דַחֲמָרָא חִיוָּרְתִּי, וְלִיקְרְעֵיהּ, וְלוֹתְבֵיהּ עִילָּוֵיהּ. וְהָנֵי מִילֵּי דְּלָא אִישְׁתְּכַח טְרֵפָה. הָהוּא One who swallowed a snake should be fed hops in salt, and then he should be made to run a distance of three mil. The Gemara relates: Rav Shimi bar Ashi saw a person who swallowed a snake, and Rav Ashi appeared to that person as a horseman. Rav Shimi fed him hops with salt and made him run in front of him for three mil, and the snake came out of him in pieces. Some say that Rav Shimi bar Ashi was the one who swallowed a snake, and Elijah came and appeared to Rav Ashi as a horseman. He fed him hops with salt and made him run in front of him for three mil, and the snake came out of him in pieces. One who was bitten by a snake should have the fetus of a white donkey brought to him, and it should be torn open and placed on the snakebite. The Gemara says: And this applies only when the mother does not have a condition that will cause it to die within twelve months [tereifa]. The Gemara relates: There was a certain

בַּר קַשָּׁא דְפוּמְבְּדִיתָא דְּטַרְקֵיהּ חִיוְיָא, הֲוָה תְּלֵיסְרֵי חֲמָרֵי חִיוָּרָתָא בְּפוּמְבְּדִיתָא, קַרְעִינְהוּ לְכוּלְּהוּ, וְאִישְׁתְּכַחוּ טְרֵיפָה. הֲוַאי חֲדָא בְּהָהוּא גִּיסָא דְּפוּמְבְּדִיתָא, עַד דְּאָזְלִי מַיְיתִי לַהּ אַכְלַהּ אַרְיָא. אֲמַר לְהוּ אַבָּיֵי: דִילְמָא חִיוְיָא דְּרַבָּנַן טַרְקֵיהּ, דְּלֵית לֵיהּ אָסְוָתָא, דִּכְתִיב: ״וּפֹרֵץ גָּדֵר יִשְּׁכֶנּוּ נָחָשׁ״. אֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ: אִין רַבִּי, דְּכִי נָח נַפְשֵׁיהּ דְּרַב, גְּזַר רַב יִצְחָק בַּר בִּיסְנָא דְּלֵיכָּא דְּלַימְטֵי אַסָּא וְגִידְמֵי לְבֵי הִילּוּלָא [בְּטַבְלָא], וַאֲזַל אִיהוּ אַמְטִי אַסָּא וְגִידְמֵי לְבֵי הִילּוּלָא בְּטַבְלָא. טַרְקֵיהּ חִיוְיָא, וּמִית. Jewish official in Pumbedita that was bitten by a snake. There were thirteen white donkeys in Pumbedita and they tore them all open and they were found to be tereifot. There was one donkey on the other side of Pumbedita, and until they went to bring it, a lion ate it. Abaye said to them: Since all of these things have happened, perhaps a snake of the Rabbis bit him, for which there is no cure, as it is written: “One that digs a pit will fall into it, and one who breaches a fence will be bitten by a snake” (Ecclesiastes 10:8). Perhaps this person violated a rabbinic decree, also known as a fence, and was bitten by a snake as punishment. That bite has no cure. They said to him: Yes, my teacher, it is so, as when Rav died Rav Yitzḥak bar Bisna ruled that one may not bring myrtle and palm branches to a wedding hall to accompany bells, and he went and brought myrtle and palm branches to the wedding hall with bells. Therefore, a snake bit him. And it is reported that ultimately the official died.

הַאי מַאן דְּכַרְכֵיהּ חִיוְיָא — לִינְחוֹת לְמַיָּא וְלִיסְחוֹף דִּיקּוּלָא אַרֵישֵׁיהּ וּלְהַדְּקֵיהּ מִינֵּיהּ, וְכִי סָלֵיק עִילָּוֵיהּ — לִישְׁדְּיֵהּ לְמַיָּא וְלִיסְלוֹק וְלֵיתֵי. הַאי מַאן דְּמִיקַּנֵּי בֵּיהּ חִיוְיָא, אִי אִיכָּא חַבְרֵיהּ בַּהֲדֵיהּ — לַירְכְּבֵיהּ אַרְבַּע גַּרְמִידֵי, וְאִי לָא — לִישְׁוַאר נִגְרָא, וְאִי לָא — לִיעְבַּר נַהֲרָא, וּבְלֵילְיָא — לוֹתְבֵיהּ לְפֻרְיֵהּ — אַאַרְבַּע חָבְיָתָא, וְנִיגְנֵי בֵּי כוֹכְבֵי, וְלַיְיתֵי אַרְבְּעָה שׁוּנָּרֵי וְלֵיסְרִינְהוּ בְּאַרְבְּעָה כַּרְעֵי דְפוּרְיֵיהּ, וְלַיְתֵי שַׁחֲפֵי וְלִישְׁדֵּי הָתָם, דְּכִי שָׁמְעִי קָלֵיהּ אָכְלִי לֵיהּ. הַאי מַאן דְּרָהֵיט אַבָּתְרֵיהּ — לִירְהוֹט בֵּי חָלָתָא. The Gemara cites additional information about the dangers posed by snakes and how to deal with them. One whom a snake encircled should descend into water and place a basket on his head and remove the snake slowly from him into the basket. And once the snake goes into the basket, let him throw it into the water and climb and emerge. One at whom a snake is angry and is being pursued by a snake, if he has another with him, let him ride him four cubits. And if not, let him jump over a ditch. And if not, let him cross a river. And at night let him place his bed on four barrels and sleep outside beneath the stars. And let one bring four cats and let one tie them to the four legs of the bed. And let one bring twigs and branches and throw them there so that when the cats hear the sound of the snake crawling they will eat it. One who is being pursued by a snake, let him run in sand because a snake cannot move as quickly in sand as a person can.

הַאי אִיתְּתָא דְּחָזְיָא חִיוְיָא, וְלָא יָדְעָה אִי יָהֵיב דַּעְתֵּיהּ עִילָּוַהּ אִי לָא יָהֵיב דַּעְתֵּיהּ עִילָּוַהּ — תִּשְׁלַח מָאנַהּ וְתִשְׁדֵּי קַמֵּיהּ, אִי מִכְרַךְ בְּהוּ דַּעְתֵּיהּ עִילָּוַהּ, וְאִי לָא — לָא יָהֵיב דַּעְתֵּיהּ עִילָּוַהּ. A woman who is seen by a snake and does not know whether it has directed his attention toward her or whether it has not directed his attention toward her, she should remove her garment and throw it before the snake. If the snake wraps itself in the garments, it is an indication that it has directed his attention toward her; and if not, it is an indication that it has not directed his attention toward her.

מַאי תַּקַּנְתֵּהּ תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ קַמֵּיהּ. אִיכָּא דְאָמְרִי: כׇּל שֶׁכֵּן דְּתָקֵיף לֵיהּ יִצְרֵיהּ! אֶלָּא תִּשְׁקוֹל מִמַּזְּיַהּ וּמִטּוּפְרַהּ וְתִשְׁדֵּי בֵּיהּ, וְתֵימָא: ״דִּישְׁתָּנָא אֲנָא״. הַאי אִיתְּתָא דְּעָיֵיל בַּהּ חִיוְיָא, לִיפַסְּעוּהָ וְלוֹתְבוּהָ אַתַּרְתֵּי חָבְיָתָא, וְלַיְתֵי בִּישְׂרָא שַׁמִּינָה וְלִישְׁדֵּי אַגּוּמְרֵי, וְלַיְתֵי אַגָּנָא דְּתַחְלֵי וְחַמְרָא רֵיחְתָנָא וְלוֹתְבוּ הָתָם, וְלִיטְרוֹקִינְהוּ בַּהֲדֵי הֲדָדֵי, וְלִינְקוֹט צְבָתָא בִּידֵהּ, דְּכִי מוֹרַח רֵיחָא — נָפֵיק וְאָתֵי, וְלִישְׁקְלֵיהּ וְלִיקְלְיֵיהּ בְּנוּרָא, דְּאִי לָא — הָדַר עִילָּוַהּ. What is her remedy so the snake will leave her alone? She should have relations with her husband before the snake. Some say: If she has relations in front of the snake, all the more so that its desire will become stronger. Rather, she should take from her hair and her nails and throw them at the snake, and say the following to it as an incantation: I am a menstruating woman [dishtana]. A woman whom a snake has entered, let them spread her legs and place her on two barrels, and let them bring fatty meat and throw it onto coals. And let them bring her a bowl of cress and fragrant wine and place them there and mix them together. And she should take tongs in her hand, as when the snake smells the fragrance it emerges. And then one should take the snake and burn it in the fire, as if it is not burned, it will come back onto her.

כׇּל הָאוֹכָלִין כּוּ׳. כׇּל הָאוֹכָלִין לְאֵיתוֹיֵי מַאי? לְאֵיתוֹיֵי טְחוֹל לַשִּׁינַּיִם וְכַרְשִׁינִין לִבְנֵי מֵעַיִים. כׇּל הַמַּשְׁקִין לְאֵיתוֹיֵי מַאי? לְאֵיתוֹיֵי מֵי צְלָפִין בְּחוֹמֶץ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רָבִינָא לְרָבָא: מַהוּ לִשְׁתּוֹת מֵי רַגְלַיִם בְּשַׁבָּת? אֲמַר לֵיהּ, תְּנֵינָא: ״כׇּל הַמַּשְׁקִין שׁוֹתֶה״, וּמֵי רַגְלַיִם לָא שָׁתוּ אִינָשֵׁי. We learned in the mishna: All types of food that healthy people eat may be eaten by one eating them for medicinal purposes on Shabbat. The Gemara asks: The phrase: All foods, what does it come to include? The Gemara answers: It comes to include spleen for healing teeth and vetch for healing intestines, although they are not common foods. We also learned in the mishna: And one may drink all drinks on Shabbat. The Gemara asks: The phrase: All drinks, what does it come to include? The Gemara answers: It comes to include mixing water in which capers have soaked, with vinegar. Ravina said to Rava: What is the ruling with regard to drinking urine on Shabbat? Rava said to him: We already learned in the mishna: One may drink all drinks, and people do not drink urine and is not considered a drink. It is only consumed for medical purposes and is therefore prohibited.

חוּץ מִמֵּי דְקָלִים. תָּנָא: חוּץ מִמֵּי דְקָרִים. מַאן דִּתְנָא ״מֵי דְקָרִים״ — שֶׁהֵם דּוֹקְרִים אֶת הַמָּרָה, וּמַאן דְּאָמַר ״מֵי דְקָלִים״ — שֶׁיּוֹצְאִין מִן שְׁנֵי דִקְלֵי. מַאי מֵי דְקָלִים? אָמַר רַבָּה בַּר בְּרוֹנָא: תַּרְתֵּי תָּלֵאי אִיכָּא בְּמַעְרְבָא, וְנָפְקָא עֵינָא דְמַיָּא מִבֵּינַיְיהוּ. כָּסָא קַמָּא — מְרַפֵּי, אִידַּךְ — מְשַׁלְשֵׁל, וְאִידַּךְ — כִּי הֵיכִי דְּעָיְילִי הָכִי נָפְקִי. אָמַר עוּלָּא: לְדִידִי שְׁתֵי [לִי] שִׁיכְרָא דְּבַבְלָאֵי, וּמְעַלֵּי מִינַּיְיהוּ. וְהוּא דְּלָא רְגִיל בֵּיהּ אַרְבְּעִין יוֹמִין. We learned in the mishna: One may drink anything on Shabbat except for palm tree water [mei dekalim]. It was taught slightly differently in the Tosefta: Water that stabs [mei dekarim]. The Gemara explains: The one who taught water that stabs means that the waters pierce the gall bladder; and the one who said palm tree water means that they come from two palm trees. In order to explain what palm tree water is, Rabba bar Beruna said: There are two palm trees in Eretz Yisrael, and a spring of water emerges from between them. The first cup one drinks of this water loosens the intestines, another cup causes diarrhea, and another, a third cup, just as it entered as water, so too it emerges. Ulla said: For me, I drink Babylonian beer, and it is more effective than palm tree water in causing diarrhea. The Gemara comments: And this is true. It is effective for the stomach when the person who drinks it has not become accustomed to beer for forty days.

רַב יוֹסֵף אָמַר: זֵיתוֹם הַמִּצְרִי תִּילְתָּא שְׂעָרֵי, וְתִילְתָּא קוּרְטְמֵי, וְתִילְתָּא מִילְחָא. רַב פָּפָּא אָמַר: תִּילְּתָא חִיטֵּי, וְתִילְתָּא קוּרְטְמֵי, וְתִילְתָּא מִילְחָא וְכַמּוֹנָא, וְסִימָנָיךְ — סִיסָאנֵי. וְשָׁתֵי לְהוּ בֵּין דִּבְחָא לַעֲצַרְתָּא, דִּקְמִיט — מְרַפֵּי לֵיהּ, וְדִרְפֵי — קָמֵיט לֵיהּ. Rav Yosef said: Water that stabs is Egyptian zitom, which is made from one-third barley, and one-third saffron, and one-third salt. Rav Pappa said: It is one-third wheat, and one-third saffron, and one-third salt and cumin. And this is your mnemonic to remember which said zitom is made from barley: A basket which is called sisanei, a word with two samekhs. This word alludes to the fact that Rav Yosef, who has a samekh in his name, is the one who says that Egyptian zitom is made from barley [se’orim], which has the letter sin. Sin is interchangeable with samekh. And one should drink it between Passover and Shavuot. For one whose intestines are blocked, it will loosen his intestines and cure him; and for one whose bowels are loose, it will block him and cure him as well.

וְכוֹס עִקָּרִין. מַאי כּוֹס עִקָּרִין? אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: לַיְיתֵי מַתְקַל זוּזָא קוּמָא אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרָיָא, וּמַתְקַל זוּזָא גַּבְיָא גִּילָא, וּמַתְקַל זוּזָא כּוּרְכְּמָא רִישְׁקָא, וְלִישְׁחֲקִינְהוּ בַּהֲדֵי הֲדָדֵי. לְזָבָה — תְּלָתָא בְּחַמְרָא, וְלָא מִיעַקְרָא. לְיַרְקוֹנָא — תְּרֵין בְּשִׁיכְרָא, וּמִיעֲקַר. לְזָבָה תְּלָתָא בְּחַמְרָא, וְלָא מִיעַקְרָא. וְאִי לָא — לַיְיתֵי תְּלָתָא And we also learned about a kos ikarin in the mishna. The Gemara asks: What is a kos ikarin? Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Let one bring the weight of a zuz of Alexandrian gum, and a weight of a zuz of alum, and a weight of a zuz of garden saffron, and let one grind them together. The procedure for treating a zava is that she should drink these three ingredients with wine, and she will be cured of her emission and will not become barren. For treating jaundice one should drink two of these ingredients with beer; however, one will become sterile from it. It was said that for treating a zava, she should drink these three ingredients with wine and she will be healed from her emission and will not become barren. And if it is not effective, let one bring three

קְפִיזֵי שַׁמְכֵי פָרְסָאֵי, וְנִישְׁלוֹק בְּחַמְרָא, וְנַשְׁקְיַיהּ, וְנֵימָא לַהּ: קוּם מִזּוֹבִיךְ. וְאִי לָא — לוֹתְבַהּ אַפָּרָשַׁת דְּרָכִים, וְלַנְקְטַהּ כָּסָא דְחַמְרָא בִּידַהּ, וְלַיְתֵי אִינִישׁ מֵאֲחוֹרַהּ וְלִיבַעֲתַהּ, וְלֵימָא לַהּ: קוּם מִזּוֹבִיךְ. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי בּוּנָא דְכַמּוֹנָא וּבוּנָא דְמוֹרִיקָא וּבוּנָא דְשַׁבְּלִילְתָּא, וְנִישְׁלוֹק בְּחַמְרָא, וְנַשְׁקְיַיהּ, וְנֵימָא לַהּ: קוּם מִזּוֹבִיךְ. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי שִׁיתִּין שִׁיעֵי דְּדַנָּא, וְלַשְׁפְּיַהּ, וְלֵימָא לַהּ: קוּם מִזּוֹבִיךְ. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי פְּשִׁיטְנָא, וְלִישְׁלוֹק בְּחַמְרָא, וְלִשְׁפְּיַהּ, וְנֵימָא לַהּ: קוּם מִזּוֹבִיךְ. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי חַרְנוּגָא דְּהִיגְתָּא רוֹמִיתָא, וְלִיקְלֵי, וְלִיסְּבַהּ בְּשַׁחֲקֵי דְכִיתָּנָא בְּקַיְיטָא וּבְשַׁחֲקֵי דַּעֲמַר גּוּפְנָא בְּסִיתְוָא. vessels full of Persian onions, and boil them in wine, and give it to her to drink. And we say to her: Stop emitting your discharge. And if that is not effective, seat her at a crossroads, and she should take a cup of wine in her hand, and let a person come from behind her and frighten her and say to her: Stop emitting your discharge. And if this is also not effective, bring her a fistful [buna] of cumin, and a fistful of saffron, and a fistful of fenugreek, and cook them in wine, and give it to her to drink, and say to her: Stop emitting your discharge. And if this is not effective, let one bring sixty barrel seals, soak them, and then spread it on her and say to her: Stop emitting your discharge. And if this is also does not effective, let one bring pashtina, a type of grass, boil it in wine, and then spread it on her and say to her: Stop emitting your discharge. And if this is not effective, let one bring a thistle that grows on Roman thorns and burn it, and place its ashes in rags from linen clothing in the summer and in rags from cotton clothing in the winter.

וְאִי לָא — לִיכְרֵי שְׁבַע בֵּירֵי, וְלִיקְלֵי בְּהוּ שְׁבִישָׁתָא (יַלְדָּה) דְעׇרְלָה, וְלַינְקְטַהּ כָּסָא דְחַמְרָא בִּידַהּ, וְלוֹקְמַהּ מֵהָא וְלוֹתְבַהּ אַהָא, וְלוֹקְמַהּ מֵהָא וְלוֹתְבַהּ אַהָא, וְאַכֹּל חֲדָא וַחֲדָא לֵימָא לַהּ: קוּם מִזּוֹבִיךְ. וְאִי לָא — לַיְיתֵי סְמִידָא, וְלֵיסְכַהּ מִפַּלְגָא לְתַתַּאי, וְלֵימָא לַהּ: קוּם מִזּוֹבִיךְ. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי בֵּיעֲתָא דְנַעָמִיתָא, וְלִיקְלֵי, וְלִיסְּבַהּ בְּשַׁחֲקֵי דְכִיתָּנָא בְּקַיְיטָא וּבְשַׁחֲקֵי דַעֲמַר גּוּפְנָא בְּסִיתְוָא. וְאִי לָא — לִיפְתַּח לַהּ חָבִיתָא דְחַמְרָא לִשְׁמַהּ. וְאִי לָא — לִנְקִיט שְׂעָרְתָּא דְּמִשְׁתַּכְחָא בִּכְפוּתָא דְּכוּדַנְיָא חִיוָּרְתָּא, אִי נָקְטָה חַד יוֹמָא — פָּסְקָה תְּרֵי יוֹמֵי, וְאִי נָקְטָה תְּרֵי יוֹמֵי — פָּסְקָה תְּלָתָא יוֹמֵי, וְאִי נָקְטָה תְּלָתָא יוֹמֵי — פָּסְקָה לְעוֹלָם. And if this is not effective, let one dig seven pits and burn young grape shoots in them from vines that are orla, and place a cup of wine in her hand and raise her up from that pit and sit her in another pit, and raise her from that pit and sit her in this pit, and raise her from that pit and sit her in this other pit. And each and every time say to her: Stop emitting your discharge. And if this is not effective, let one bring fine flour and place it on the bottom half of her body and say to her: Stop emitting your discharge. And if this is not effective, let one bring an ostrich egg and burn it, and place its ashes in linen rags during the summer, and in cotton rags during the winter. And if this is also not effective, let one open a barrel of wine for her, and let her drink it. And if this is not effective, let one hold a barley grain that is found in the dung of a white donkey. If she holds it for one day her discharge will cease for two days; and if she holds it for two days it will cease for three days, and if she holds it for three days it will cease forever.

לְיַרְקוֹנָא תְּרֵין בְּשִׁיכְרָא, וּמִיעֲקַר. וְאִי לָא — לַיְיתֵי רֵישָׁא דְשִׁיבּוּטָא דְּמִילְחָא וְלִישְׁלוֹק בְּשִׁיכְרָא, וְלִישְׁתֵּי. וְאִי לָא — לַיְיתֵי מוֹנִינֵי דְקַמְצֵי. וְאִי לֵיכָּא מוֹנִינֵי דְקַמְצֵי — לַיְיתֵי מוֹנִינֵי דִּנְקִירֵי, וְלִיעַיְילֵיהּ לְבֵי בָנֵי וְלִישְׁפְּיֵיהּ. וְאִי לֵיכָּא בֵּי בָנֵי — לוֹקְמֵיהּ בֵּין תַּנּוּרָא לְגוּדָּא. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: הָרוֹצֶה שֶׁיְּחַמְּמֶנּוּ — יְקַנְּחֶנּוּ בִּסְדִינוֹ. רַב אַחָא בַּר יוֹסֵף חַשׁ בֵּיהּ, עֲבַד לֵיהּ רַב כָּהֲנָא, וְאִיתַּסִּי. The Gemara states: For jaundice, one should drink two of the three ingredients mentioned together with beer, and one becomes sterile from it. The Gemara continues to discuss this remedy: And if one does not have these ingredients, i.e., Alexandrian gum, saffron, and alum, or if the remedy did not work, let one bring the head of a salted shibuta fish and boil it in beer and drink it. And if this is not effective, let one bring grasshopper brine and drink it. And if one does not have grasshopper brine, let one bring brine of small birds, and enter the bathhouse, and smear himself with it. And if there is no bathhouse, have him stand between the oven and the wall and sweat out his disease. Rabbi Yoḥanan said: One who seeks to warm this patient up should wrap him tightly in his sheet. Rav Aḥa bar Yosef was sick with this disease, and Rav Kahana performed this remedy for him and he was healed.

וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי תְּלָתָא קְפִיזִי תַּמְרֵי פָּרְסְיָיתָא, וּתְלָתָא קְפִיזֵי דְקִירָא דְּנִישְׁתְּרוּפֵי, וּתְלָתָא קְפִיזֵי אַהֲלָא תּוֹלְעָנָא, וְלִישְׁלוֹקִינְהוּ בְּשִׁיכְרָא, וְלִישְׁתֵּי. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי עִילָא בַּר חֲמָרָא, וְלִיגַלַּח מְצִיעֲתָא דְרֵישָׁא, וְלִישְׁבּוֹק לֵיהּ דְּמָא מֵאַפּוּתֵיהּ, וְלוֹתְבֵיהּ אַרֵישֵׁיהּ, וְלִיזְדְּהַר מֵעֵינֵיהּ דְּלָא לִיסַּמֵּי לְהוּ. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי רֵישָׁא דְּבַרְחָא דְּמַנַּח בְּכִיבְשָׁא, וְלִישְׁלוֹק בְּשִׁיכְרָא, וְלִישְׁתֵּי. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי דָּבָר אַחֵר חוּטְרָנָא, וְלִיקְרְעֵיהּ, וְלוֹתְבֵיהּ אַלִּיבֵּיהּ. וְאִי לָא — לַיְתֵי כַּרָּתֵי מִכַּבְתְּוָתָא דְּמֵישָׁרֵי. The Gemara continues: And if this remedy is not effective, let one bring three vessels of Persian dates, and three vessels of dripping wax [kira], and three vessels of red aloe, and boil them in beer and drink it. And if this remedy is not effective, let one bring a donkey foal, and shave the middle of its head, and let blood from the donkey’s forehead, and place it on his own head. And he should take care not to let the blood enter his eyes lest it blind him. And if this is not effective, let one bring a pickled ram’s head and boil it in beer and drink it. And if this is not effective, let him bring a striped something else, i.e., a pig, and tear it open and place it on his heart. And if this is not effective, let him bring leeks from the middle of the row, which are very sharp.

הָהוּא טַיָּיעָא דְּחַשׁ בֵּיהּ, אֲמַר לֵיהּ לְגִינַּאי: שְׁקוֹל גְּלִימַאי וְהַב לִי מֵישָׁרָא דְכַרָּתֵי. יְהַב לֵיהּ וְאַכְלַהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אוֹשְׁלַן גְּלִימָיךְ וְאֶיגְנֵי בֵּיהּ קַלִּי. אִיכְּרַךְ גְּנָא בֵּיהּ. כַּד אִיחַמַּם וְקָם, נְפַל פּוּרְתָּא פּוּרְתָּא מִינֵּיהּ. It is reported that a certain Arab was sick with jaundice. He said to the gardener: Take my cloak and give me a row of leeks in exchange. The gardener gave him the row and he ate it. The Arab said to the gardener: Lend me your cloak and I will sleep in it for a short while. The gardener gave it to him and he wrapped himself in it and slept. When he got hot and stood up pieces fell from the cloak bit by bit because the cloak had become very hot from the Arab’s sweat. The Arab tricked the gardener, who ultimately received nothing.

לְיַרְקוֹנָא תְּרֵין בְּשִׁיכְרָא, וּמִיעֲקַר. וּמִי שְׁרֵי? וְהָתַנְיָא, מִנַּיִין לַסֵּירוּס בָּאָדָם שֶׁהוּא אָסוּר — תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״וּבְאַרְצְכֶם לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ״ — בָּכֶם לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי חֲנִינָא. הָנֵי מִילֵּי — הֵיכָא דְּקָא מִיכַּוֵּין, הָכָא — מֵעַצְמוֹ הוּא. דְּאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: הָרוֹצֶה שֶׁיְּסָרֵס תַּרְנְגוֹל — יִטּוֹל כַּרְבׇּלְתּוֹ, וּמִסְתָּרֵס מֵאֵלָיו. וְהָאָמַר רַב אָשֵׁי: רָמוּת רוּחָא הוּא דִּנְקִיטָא לֵיהּ. אֶלָּא בְּסָרִיס. The Gemara discussed the remedy for jaundice, saying that one should drink two of the ingredients mentioned together with beer, and one becomes sterile from it. The Gemara asks: And is it permitted to cause sterility? Wasn’t it taught in a baraita: From where is it derived that castration of a man is prohibited? The verse states: “Those whose testicles are bruised, or crushed, or torn, or cut, shall not be offered to the Lord, and you shall not do this in your land” (Leviticus 22:24), meaning that you shall not do it to yourselves; this is the statement of Rabbi Ḥanina. Apparently, it is prohibited to castrate a man. The Gemara answers: This prohibition applies only in a case where one intends to castrate. Here, in the cure for jaundice, the sterility happens on its own, incidental to the treatment. Proof is cited from that which Rabbi Yoḥanan said: One who seeks to castrate a rooster should remove its comb and it will become castrated on its own. Incidental castration is permitted. The Gemara rejects the proof. Didn’t Rav Ashi say: It is arrogance that it assumes when it has its comb, and when the comb is removed it becomes depressed and no longer procreates. However, it is not actually castrated. Rather, apparently this remedy for jaundice is permitted only for one who is castrated and for whom causing sterility is not a concern.

וְהָאָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אַבָּא אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: The Gemara asks: Didn’t Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Abba say that Rabbi Yoḥanan said: