Siman - Shabbos Daf 128
- Moving raw, unsalted meat
It was stated that it is permitted to move raw, salted meat on Shabbos because it is edible, but there is a machlokes Amoraim whether one can move raw, unsalted meat. Rav Huna says it is permitted to move it, while Rav Chisda prohibits it.
The Gemara asks how Rav Huna could permit moving it, given that he is a talmid of Rav who held in accordance with Rebbe Yehudah who applies muktzeh laws broadly, and would certainly prohibit moving the raw, unsalted meat. The Gemara answers that Rav held like Rebbe Yehudah when it comes to eating muktzeh, but with regards to moving muktzeh, Rav held like Rebbe Shimon who rules leniently and permits it.
- מבטל כלי מהיכנו vs. צער בעלי חיים
It was taught in a Baraisa that Rav Yehudah said in the name of Rav that if an animal fell into a stream of water on Shabbos and is unable to get out, one may bring pillows and cushions and place them beneath it so that it can step on them and get out.
The Gemara asks how one is permitted to use the pillows and cushions since one is מבטל כלי מהיכנו - he is nullifying the kli from its preparedness. Rashi explains that when the animal steps on top of the pillows and cushions, they become a bosis to the muktzeh animal, and therefore they become muktzeh themselves. This is prohibited to do because it is likened to the melacha of soseir - destroying.
The Gemara answers that Rav holds that, צער בעלי חיים דאורייתא - causing pain to an animal is d’oraysa, ואתי דאורייתא ודחי דרבנן - and therefore the d’oraysa overrides the d’rabbonon of מבטל כלי מהיכנו.
- Lighting a lamp for a blind woman giving birth
The second Mishnah on the Daf states that one may help a woman deliver her child on Shabbos, summon a midwife from a distant place, and be mechallel Shabbos on her account. The Gemara seeks to clarify what the Mishnah is adding by stating that one may be mechallel Shabbos for her. It brings a Baraisa that teaches that one of the things that is permitted is to light a lamp for her.
The Gemara asks why it would be necessary to teach that lighting a lamp for her is permitted, since her life is in danger and therefore one can obviously be mechallel Shabbos for her. The Gemara answers that the case here is dealing with a blind woman. One might have thought that since she cannot benefit directly from the lit lamp, it would be prohibited to light it for her. The Baraisa is coming to teach that it can be lit to put her mind more at ease, knowing that whatever is needed pertaining to her well-being can now be done.
