Siman - Shabbos Daf 97
- Aharon got tzaraas
It was taught in a Baraisa that Rebbe Akiva learned from the passuk, ויחר אף ה' בם וילך – And the wrath of Hashem flared up against “them” and He left, due to the use of the plural “them”, that not only was Miriam afflicted with tzaraas, but Aharon was as well.
Rebbe Yehuda ben Beseira told Rebbe Akiva that in the future he will have to give an accounting, because if what he said was true, Rebbe Akiva revealed something negative about Aharon that the Torah concealed. And if it is not true, then he has falsely maligned him.
A Baraisa was brought that supported Rebbe Akiva’s view, based on the passuk, ויפן אהרן אל מרים והנה מצרעת – and Aharon turned to Miriam and behold! she was afflicted with tzaraas. “And Aharon turned”, can be interpreted to mean he turned away from his own tzaraas, which was cured first.
- Throwing through a roofed reshus hayachid
It was taught in a Baraisa that if someone throws an object from one reshus harabim to another reshus harabim and there is a reshus hayachid in between, that Rebbi holds him liable, while the Chochomim hold that he is exempt.
Rav and Shmuel both say, that Rebbi holds he is liable only if the reshus hayachid was roofed, for we say that a house is as though it is full of articles. Therefore, the object is perceived as if it had come to rest there.
Rashi explains that since it is both dark and stuffy, a house is regarded as though it lacks airspace and is filled to the top.
- Throwing four amos when intending eight amos
The Gemara initially states that it is clear that if one intended to throw an object eight amos in a reshus harabim but he actually threw it only four amos, then it is similar to the case where one intended to write the name Shimon and only wrote the first two letters, ש and מ, where he is liable for a chatas.
Later the Gemara explains that they are not comparable since in the case of writing, it is impossible to write Shimon without writing the first two letters of ש מ. Thus, inherent in the writer’s original intent is to write the name Shem first. But in the case of throwing an object, the person that intends to throw an item eight-amos, obviously does not intend it to land after the initial four-amos.
