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Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat 14.3

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

MISHNAH: One may not eat Greek hyssop on the Sabbath because it is not food of healthy people, but one may eat true maiden hair and drink shepherd’s flute. Any food may a person eat as medicine and any drink may he drink except piercing water and a cup of roots because these are for hepatitis. But one may drink piercing water for his thirst and rub oil of roots not for healing.

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HALAKHAH: 3. A man asked Rebbi Simeon bar Karsana: May one drink claret on the Sabbath? He said to him, if for enjoyment it is permitted, if as medicine it is forbidden. But is that not inside the lips? Explain it, if there is danger.

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“But one may eat true maiden hair” πολύτριχον. “And drink shepherd’s flute,” as the simple meaning of the word.

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Rebbi Abba asked Rebbi Jeremiah, how should we state, deqārin, deqālin? He said, deqārin, because it pierces the gall bladder. Rebbi Jonah said, it is more reasonable deqālin, because it gushes forth between two palm trees.

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Simeon bar Abba in the name of Rebbi Ḥanina: One who whispers puts oil on his head and whispers, on condition that he use neither hand nor vessel. Rebbi Jacob bar Idi, Rebbi Joḥanan in the name of Rebbi Yannai, he may use both hand or vessel. What is the difference between them? Disgust. For him who says, he may use either hand or vessel, it is disgusting. For him who says, he puts oil on his head, it is not disgusting. Rebbi Jonah said, Second Tithe is the difference between them. For him who says, he may use either hand or vessel, Second Tithe is forbidden. For him who says, he puts oil on his head and whispers, Second Tithe is permitted. Rebbi Yose said, is everything permitted on the Sabbath permitted with Second Tithe and everything forbidden on the Sabbath forbidden with Second Tithe? But was it not stated: “A woman may douse herself and her son with wine because of sweat;” “ this is forbidden for heave.” There is no difference between heave and Second Tithe. What about it? On condition that he not proceed on the Sabbath the way he proceeds on a weekday.

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One recites spells for the eye, and for intestines, and for snakes, and for scorpions, and one puts things on the eye on the Sabbath. It happened that Rebbi Aqiba had an eye attack and they put vessels over his eye on the Sabbath.

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Rav and the Elder Rebbi Ḥiyya both say, ninety-nine die because of the eye and one by the hand of Heaven. Rebbi Ḥanina and Samuel both say, ninety-nine die because of cold and one by the hand of Heaven. Rav follows his opinion and Rebbi Ḥanina follows his opinion. Since Rav was living there, where the evil eye is prevalent, he did say that ninety-nine die because of the eye and one by the hand of Heaven. Since Rebbi Ḥanina was living in Sepphoris, where it is cold, he did say that ninety-nine die because of cold and one by the hand of Heaven. Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman in the name of Rebbi Jonathan: Ninety-nine die because of hot wind and one by the hand of Heaven. But the rabbis say, ninety-nine die because of criminal negligence and one by the hand of Heaven.

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Rebbi Onias, Jacob from Afartaim in the name of Rebbi: The Eternal will remove from you all sickness, that is fever. Rebbi Ḥuna who stated it in the name of Rebbi Eliezer ben Jacob, the Eternal will remove from you all sickness, that is worry, as Rebbi Eleazar said, he will put an iron yoke on your neck, this is worry. Rebbi Abun said, the Eternal will remove from you all sickness, that is the evil impulse whose start is sweet but whose end is bitter. Rebbi Tanḥuma in the name of Rebbi Eleazar, Rebbi Menaḥema in the name of Rav: The Eternal will remove from you all sickness, that is the gall bladder, as Rebbi Eleazar said, ninety-nine die because of gall and one by the hand of Heaven.

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

One may bathe in the ocean and in the waters of Tiberias even though one intends to do this for medical purposes, but not in water used for soaking flax or in the Dead Sea. When? If he intended this for medical purposes; therefore to lift himself from impurity to purity it is permitted. Rebbi Samuel, Rebbi Berekhiah’s brother said, on condition that he not tarry.

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English · Heinrich W. Guggenheimer

It was stated: One rubs olentia on a sick person on the Sabbath; but only if it was mixed with oil and wine before Sabbath eve. But if he did not mix it before Sabbath eve it is forbidden. It was stated: Rebbi Simeon ben Eleazar said: Rebbi Meїr did allow to mix wine and oil and to rub it onto a sick person on Sabbath. When he fell sick, we wanted to prepare the same for him but he did not let us do it. We said to him: Our teacher, are you going to invalidate your words when your life is in danger? He said to them: even though I did say so, I never intended to transgress the words of my colleagues.

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The Jerusalem Talmud, edition, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015). CC BY. Text from Sefaria (sefaria.org); commentary notes omitted. · Source ↗

Hebrew/Aramaic text: The Jerusalem Talmud, edition by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015), via Sefaria (sefaria.org). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Changes: footnotes and HTML formatting removed.

The Jerusalem Talmud, edition, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015). CC BY. Text from Sefaria (sefaria.org); commentary notes omitted. · Source ↗

English translation: The Jerusalem Talmud, translation and commentary by Heinrich W. Guggenheimer (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999–2015); commentary notes omitted, via Sefaria (sefaria.org). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). Changes: footnotes and HTML formatting removed.

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