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Mesechtas Shabbos 3a Shmuel says that every time it says Patur (exempt) by the laws of Shabbos it means Patur Avol Assur (exempt [from Korban/death], but still forbidden [rabbinically]) besides for 3 cases which are listed there. Rashi explains that means that it is 100% not permitted M'Drabanan.
The carrying Gemara in the question says Patur.
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We do have indications that #1 could have happened. Doros Harishonim (vol. 3, pp. 139ff) understands Josephus (Wars 7:6:6) to be saying that after the destruction of the second Beis Hamikdash, Vespasian nationalized all property belonging to victims of the war who had left no known heirs. (He also cites Eusebius (4:8 - should be 4:6:1) as saying that the ...
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Here is what I could dig up about him:
He lived sometime in the (late) second century. This is evident from Shabbos 23b which places him at the same time as Rav Huna who passed away in 296 (wikipedia).
He had two children named Rav Iddi and Rav Chiya (Gemora there).
He lived in Bavel as is evident from the story with Rav Huna. Rav Huna began lecturing in ...
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It is clear that angels have jealousy towards humans from Tosfiyos Brachos 3a that says that some say that we say certain prayers in Aramaic in order that the angels should not be jealous of us, and Tosfiyos does not say there is no jealousy, only that we say other prayers in Lashon Kodesh so that can not be the reason. Also Rashi Braishis 1:26 indicates ...
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There are numerous Talmudic sources which refer to a "Golden Jerusalem", these sources, however, are not referring to the actual city of Jerusalem but to a piece of jewelry which was colloquially referred to as "Golden Jerusalem" or "Golden City". It was probably a tiara which was engraved to resemble a city skyline.
That being said, the song Yerushalyim ...
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The simplest explanation is the one found in the Gemara -- the section of the Talmud with a nice discussion of what materials make for good oils and wicks is found in Shabbos (vis-a-vis shabbos candles), so it segways from there into what materials to use for Chanukah lighting.
Perhaps a bit deeper, shabbos candles are known as "the home's lights" (ner ...
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I don't know how these words are said, I'm guessing the vowelization is גַרְעִינִין or גַרְעֵינִין or maybe גַרְעֵינְיָן?
Either way, unless you're trying to be particularly makpid on pronunciation, ayin-tsere-malei or ayin-hirik-malei sound a lot like their aleph-based counterparts.
Languages also tend to be forgiving when there's no easily-confusable ...
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Perhaps Shabbat 156a-b? The phrase also appears once in Nedarim 32a.
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Somebody just drew a beraita to my attention (Shabbat 107b), which I think might answer my question. In a discussion that concerns whether or not lice spontaneously generate, Rabbi Eliezer's opinion is brought to the effect that one who kills a louse on Shabbat is as liable as had he killed a camel. Rabbi Yehoshua disagrees, saying that one is permitted to ...
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Based on that Gemara it appears that there are two opinions regarding whether King David erred or not. According to the opinion that he did err, this shortcoming was the cause of the split in the kingdom and the ultimate exile while according to the opinion that he did not err the split in the kingdom must be attributed to some other cause.
Based on Kings ...
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The Meshech Chochma on parshat Bechukotai explains the difference between zchut avot and brit avot as follows.
If one invests in his friend's business and subsequently sees his friend's children carrying on the business in the same good way as the father he will be inclined to continue investing in the business as he sees the same positive qualities that ...
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According to (unattributed?) notes in the Soncino edition, "closed" doesn't necessarily mean entirely sealed. Here's what they've got:
First the text:
Abaye said to Rabbah, Something which supports you was taught: A closed house has four cubits; if one had broken open its door-frame, it does not receive four cubits.7 A closed house [room] does not ...
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An edition of The Shabbos Weekly Halachos Series on Hilchos Shabbos provides the following answer which fits with what I was taught.
Background: although jewelry and ornaments are not ‘clothing’
nevertheless they serve a function and wearing them on Shabbos is not
considered carrying, provided that they are worn in the regular
manner. [2]
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One of the basic principles in the kabbalah of the Ramchal is the need to rectify (m'takein) the female aspect of the presence of God (the shechina) which is currently in exile among the husks (klipot). Furthermore it is basic to all kabbalistic systems that there are a multiplicity of worlds, each of a more spiritually refined nature then the next, with our ...
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According to the version cited in Gershon Gold's answer, the reason why he separated was because they hadn't revealed the law of מואבי ולא מואבית, and his ancestress was from Mo'av (meaning he was forbidden from marrying a Jew). I also saw this version quoted in Sefer HaToda'ah in the month of Sivan, but I don't have the book in front of me to check again.
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I'm going run with the braisa working in the chachamim's world. The seratia is a reshus harabim, not a reshus hayachid. What then is a reshus hayachid? An enclosed pit, a fenced in area.
Rabbi Yehuda would hold that if you have courtyards on either side of what would have been a reshus harabbim, that is a reshus hayachid. If Rabbi Yehuda would have a ...
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