## Shabbat Daf 118a

###### Shabbat 118a:1
[Shabbat 118a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/118a:1)

מַצִּילִין מְזוֹן שָׁלֹשׁ סְעוּדוֹת, מַאי לָאו — דְּלָא אֲכַל! לָא, דַּאֲכַל. שַׁחֲרִית מַצִּילִין מְזוֹן שְׁתֵּי סְעוּדוֹת, מַאי לָאו — דְּלָא אֲכַל? לָא, דַּאֲכַל. בְּמִנְחָה מַצִּילִין מְזוֹן סְעוּדָה אַחַת, מַאי לָאו — דְּלָא אֲכַל? לָא, דַּאֲכַל!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**one rescues food for three meals. What, is this not** referring to a situation where **he has not** yet **eaten** any meals? Apparently, one is obligated to eat only three meals on Shabbat. The Gemara rejects this: **No,** it is referring to a situation where **one** already **ate** one meal. Three meals still remain, in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Ḥidka, who requires four meals. The Gemara challenges this from the continuation of the mishna: If a fire ignited in the **morning, one may** only **rescue food for two meals. What, is it not** referring to a situation where one **has not** yet **eaten** one’s morning meal and the obligation is to eat only three meals, one at night and two during the day? The Gemara rejects this: **No,** it is referring to a situation where **one has** already **eaten** the morning meal. The Gemara challenges this from the continuation of the mishna: If a fire ignited **in** the **afternoon,** one may rescue **food for one meal.** **What, is it not** referring to a situation where one **has not** yet **eaten** the afternoon meal and the obligation is to eat only three meals? The Gemara rejects this: **No,** it is referring to a situation where **one has** already **eaten.**


###### Shabbat 118a:2
[Shabbat 118a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/118a:2)

וְהָא מִדְּקָתָנֵי סֵיפָא: רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר לְעוֹלָם מַצִּילִין מְזוֹן שָׁלֹשׁ סְעוּדוֹת — מִכְּלָל דְּתַנָּא קַמָּא שָׁלֹשׁ סְבִירָא לֵיהּ! אֶלָּא מְחַוַּורְתָּא, מַתְנִיתִין דְּלָא כְּרַבִּי חִידְקָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara challenges this: **From** the fact that **it is taught in the latter clause** of the mishna: **Rabbi Yosei says: One may always rescue food for three meals, by inference,** even the **first *tanna* holds** that the obligation is to eat **three** meals, as there is no dispute with regard to the number of meals on Shabbat. **Rather, it is clear** that the **mishna is not in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabbi Ḥidka.** According to the *tanna’im* in the mishna, one is obligated to eat three meals on Shabbat.


###### Shabbat 118a:3
[Shabbat 118a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/118a:3)

וְהָא דִּתְנַן: מִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ מְזוֹן שְׁתֵּי סְעוּדוֹת — לֹא יִטּוֹל מִן הַתַּמְחוּי, מְזוֹן אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה — לֹא יִטּוֹל מִן הַקּוּפָּה. מַנִּי? לָא רַבָּנַן, וְלָא רַבִּי חִידְקָא. אִי רַבָּנַן — חַמְסְרֵי הָוְיָין. אִי רַבִּי חִידְקָא — שֵׁית סְרֵי הָוְיָין! לְעוֹלָם רַבָּנַן, דְּאָמְרִינַן לֵיהּ: מַאי דְּבָעֵית לְמֵיכַל בְּאַפּוֹקֵי שַׁבְּתָא, אִכְלֵיהּ בְּשַׁבְּתָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And that which we learned** in another mishna: **One who has** sufficient **food for two meals** in his possession **may not take** food **from the charity plate** that is distributed to the poor. He is not considered needy and would be taking food at the expense of people who are worse off than he. And one who has **food for fourteen** meals, enough meals for an entire week, **may not take** money **from the** charity **fund.** The Gemara asks: In accordance with **whose** opinion is this mishna? Apparently, it is **neither** in accordance with the opinion of **the Rabbis nor** in accordance with the opinion of **Rabbi Ḥidka. If** it were in accordance with the opinion of **the Rabbis,** they maintain that **they are fifteen** meals that are eaten in a week, two each day, evening and morning, and three on Shabbat. **If** it were in accordance with the opinion of **Rabbi Ḥidka, they are sixteen** meals that are eaten in a week, twelve during the six days of the week and four on Shabbat. The Gemara rejects this: **Actually,** the mishna is in accordance with the opinion of **the Rabbis,** but **we say to him: That which you want to eat at the conclusion of Shabbat,** Saturday night, **eat** it as the third meal **on Shabbat.**


###### Shabbat 118a:4
[Shabbat 118a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/118a:4)

לֵימָא רַבָּנַן הִיא, וְלָא רַבִּי חִידְקָא. אֲפִילּוּ תֵּימָא רַבִּי חִידְקָא, דְּאָמְרִינַן לֵיהּ: מַאי דְּבָעֵית לְמֵיכַל בְּמַעֲלֵי שַׁבְּתָא, אִכְלֵיהּ לְאוּרְתָּא. וְכוּלֵּי יוֹמָא דְמַעֲלֵי שַׁבְּתָא בְּתַעֲנִיתָא מוֹתְבִינַן לֵיהּ?! אֶלָּא הָא מַנִּי — רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא הִיא, דְּאָמַר: עֲשֵׂה שַׁבַּתְּךָ חוֹל וְאַל תִּצְטָרֵךְ לַבְּרִיּוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Let us say** that **this** mishna **is** in accordance with the opinion of **the Rabbis and not** in accordance with the opinion of **Rabbi Ḥidka.** The Gemara rejects that approach: **Even if you say** that it is in accordance with the opinion of **Rabbi Ḥidka,** the mishna can be understood, **as we** can **say to him: That which you want to eat on Shabbat eve,** Friday afternoon, **eat at night** on Shabbat instead. The Gemara asks: **And do we have a person sit** and **fast all day on Shabbat eve?** According to this suggestion, he would not eat at all on Friday. **Rather,** we must say: In accordance with **whose** opinion is **this** mishna? **It is** in accordance with the opinion of **Rabbi Akiva,** who **said: Make your Shabbat** like **a weekday and do not be beholden to** other **beings.** It is preferable to eat two meals on Shabbat as he does during the week if he can thereby avoid taking charity.


###### Shabbat 118a:5
[Shabbat 118a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/118a:5)

וְהָא דִּתְנַן: אֵין פּוֹחֲתִין לְעָנִי הָעוֹבֵר מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם מִכִּכָּר בְּפוּנְדְּיוֹן מֵאַרְבַּע סְאִין בְּסֶלַע. לָן — נוֹתְנִין לוֹ פַּרְנָסַת לִינָה, וְאִם שָׁבַת — נוֹתְנִין לוֹ מְזוֹן שָׁלֹשׁ סְעוּדוֹת. לֵימָא רַבָּנַן הִיא, וְלָא רַבִּי חִידְקָא? לְעוֹלָם רַבִּי חִידְקָא — כְּגוֹן דְּאִיכָּא סְעוּדָה בַּהֲדֵיהּ, דְּאָמְרִינַן לֵיהּ: הָא דְּאִיכָּא בַּהֲדָךְ — אִכְלֵיהּ. וְכִי אָזֵיל בְּרֵיקָן אָזֵיל?! דִּמְלַוִּוינַן לֵיהּ סְעוּדָה בַּהֲדֵיהּ. מַאי פַּרְנָסַת לִינָה? אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא: פּוּרְיָא וּבֵי סַדְיָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And that which we learned** in another mishna: **One gives no less** charity **to a poor person who is traveling from place to place than a loaf** worth **a pundeyon,** one forty-eighth of a *sela*, when the standard price of grain is **four se’a for a sela.** If **he sleeps** there, **one gives him money for sleeping; and if he spends Shabbat** in that city, **one gives him food for three meals. Let us say** that is in accordance with the opinion of **the Rabbis and not** the opinion of **Rabbi Ḥidka.** The Gemara rejects this: **Actually,** it is in accordance with the opinion of **Rabbi Ḥidka.** When it says that if the poor traveler spends Shabbat there one gives him food for three meals, it is referring to a case **where there is** one **meal** that he brought **with him, for we say to him: This** meal **that you have with you, eat it.** The Gemara is surprised at this: **And when he goes, does he go** empty-handed, with no food. The Gemara answers: **We** provide **him a meal** to **accompany** him when he leaves. The Gemara asks: **What** is the meaning of **money for sleeping? Rav Pappa said:** It means that one provides his sleeping needs, i.e., **a bed and cushions.**


###### Shabbat 118a:6
[Shabbat 118a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/118a:6)

תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: קְעָרוֹת שֶׁאָכַל בָּהֶן עַרְבִית — מַדִּיחָן לֶאֱכוֹל בָּהֶן שַׁחֲרִית. שַׁחֲרִית — מַדִּיחָן לֶאֱכוֹל בָּהֶן בַּצׇּהֳרַיִם. בַּצׇּהֳרַיִם — מַדִּיחָן לֶאֱכוֹל בָּהֶן בַּמִּנְחָה. מִן הַמִּנְחָה וְאֵילָךְ — שׁוּב אֵינוֹ מַדִּיחַ. אֲבָל כּוֹסוֹת וְקִיתוֹנִיּוֹת וּצְלוֹחִיּוֹת — מַדִּיחַ וְהוֹלֵךְ כׇּל הַיּוֹם כּוּלּוֹ, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין קֶבַע לִשְׁתִיָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Sages taught** in a *baraita*: With regard to **bowls from which one ate in the evening** on Shabbat, **he may rinse them** in order **to eat from them in the morning.** Bowls from which one ate in the **morning, he may rinse them to eat from them in the afternoon.** Bowls from which one ate **in the afternoon, he may rinse them to eat from them in the afternoon.** However, **from the afternoon onward, one may no longer rinse them** because there is no further need for these bowls on Shabbat, and it is prohibited to make preparations on Shabbat for a weekday. **However,** with regard to **cups, and ladles, and flasks,** which are vessels used for drinking, **one rinses them all day long because there is no fixed** time **for drinking,** and one does not know when he will drink again.


###### Shabbat 118a:7
[Shabbat 118a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/118a:7)

אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן פַּזִּי אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בֶּן לֵוִי מִשּׁוּם בַּר קַפָּרָא: כָּל הַמְקַיֵּים שָׁלֹשׁ סְעוּדוֹת בְּשַׁבָּת נִיצּוֹל מִשָּׁלֹשׁ פּוּרְעָנִיּוֹת: מֵחֶבְלוֹ שֶׁל מָשִׁיחַ, וּמִדִּינָהּ שֶׁל גֵּיהִנָּם, וּמִמִּלְחֶמֶת גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג. מֵחֶבְלוֹ שֶׁל מָשִׁיחַ — כְּתִיב הָכָא ״יוֹם״, וּכְתִיב הָתָם: ״הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי שׁוֹלֵחַ לָכֶם אֵת אֵלִיָּה הַנָּבִיא לִפְנֵי בּוֹא יוֹם וְגוֹ׳״. מִדִּינָהּ שֶׁל גֵּיהִנָּם — כְּתִיב הָכָא ״יוֹם״, וּכְתִיב הָתָם: ״יוֹם עֶבְרָה הַיּוֹם הַהוּא״. מִמִּלְחֶמֶת גּוֹג וּמָגוֹג — כְּתִיב הָכָא ״יוֹם״, וּכְתִיב הָתָם: ״בְּיוֹם בֹּא גּוֹג״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Shimon ben Pazi said** that **Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said in the name of bar Kappara: Anyone who fulfills** the obligation to eat **three meals on Shabbat is rescued from three punishments: From the pangs of the Messiah,** i.e., the suffering that precedes the advent of Messiah, **and from the judgment of Gehenna, and from the war of Gog and Magog.** The Gemara derives that one is rescued **from the pangs of Messiah** by means of a verbal analogy. **It is written here,** with regard to Shabbat, **day:** “Eat it today” (Exodus 16:25). **And it is written there,** with regard to Messiah, day: **“Behold, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the** great and awesome **day** of God” (Malachi 3:23). The Gemara derives that one is rescued **from the judgment of Gehenna** by means of a verbal analogy. **It is written here,** with regard to Shabbat, **day,** as cited above. **And it is written there,** day: **“That day will be a day of wrath,** a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and blackness, a day of cloud and thick fog” (Zephaniah 1:15), which is interpreted as referring to the punishment of Gehenna. The Gemara derives that one is rescued **from the war of Gog and Magog** by means of a verbal analogy. **It is written here,** with regard to Shabbat, **day. And it is written there,** with regard to the War of Gog and Magog, day: “And it shall be on that day, **on the day that Gog arrives** on the land of Israel” (Ezekiel 38:18).


###### Shabbat 118a:8
[Shabbat 118a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/118a:8)

אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי יוֹסֵי: כָּל הַמְעַנֵּג אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת נוֹתְנִין לוֹ נַחֲלָה בְּלִי מְצָרִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אָז תִּתְעַנַּג עַל ה׳ וְהִרְכַּבְתִּיךָ עַל בׇּמֳתֵי אָרֶץ וְהַאֲכַלְתִּיךָ

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yoḥanan said in the name of Rabbi Yosei:** With regard to **anyone who delights in the Shabbat,** God **gives him a boundless portion,** i.e., a very large reward, **as it is stated:** “If you keep your feet from violating Shabbat, from pursuing your affairs on My holy day, and you call Shabbat a delight, the Lord’s holy day honored, and you honor it by not going your own way, or attending to your own matters or speaking idle words. **Then you shall delight in the Lord and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the world, and to feast**