## Shabbat Daf 128b

###### Shabbat 128b:1
[Shabbat 128b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:1)

בָּשָׂר תָּפוּחַ — מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא מַאֲכָל לְחַיָּה, מַיִם מְגוּלִּין — מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהֵן רְאוּיִין לְחָתוּל. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: כׇּל עַצְמָן אָסוּר לְשַׁהוֹתָן מִפְּנֵי הַסַּכָּנָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to **swollen meat** that began to putrefy, it is permitted to move it **because it is food for non-domesticated animals.** With regard to **exposed water,** from which a snake might have drunk and into which it injected its venom, it is permitted to move it **because it is suitable for a cat,** which is somewhat immune to snake venom. **Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says:** Exposed water **itself may not be kept due to the danger** that one may inadvertently drink it.


###### Shabbat 128b:2
[Shabbat 128b:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:2)

**מַתְנִי׳** כּוֹפִין אֶת הַסַּל לִפְנֵי הָאֶפְרוֹחִים כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּעֲלוּ וְיֵרְדוּ. תַּרְנְגוֹלֶת שֶׁבָּרְחָה — דּוֹחִין אוֹתָהּ עַד שֶׁתִּכָּנֵס.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **One may overturn a basket in front of the chicks** so that **they can climb on and climb off** of it. Likewise, with regard to **a hen that fled** that one seeks to retrieve, **one may push it** even with his hands **until it reenters** the house.


###### Shabbat 128b:3
[Shabbat 128b:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:3)

מְדַדִּין עֲגָלִין וּסְיָיחִין. אִשָּׁה מְדַדָּה אֶת בְּנָהּ. אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה: אֵימָתַי — בִּזְמַן שֶׁהוּא נוֹטֵל אַחַת וּמַנִּיחַ אַחַת, אֲבָל אִם הָיָה גּוֹרֵר — אָסוּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**One may help calves and foals to walk,** and likewise **a woman may help her son to walk. Rabbi Yehuda said: When** is it permitted? **When** her son **picks one** foot **up and puts one** foot **down** by himself. **However, if** her son **were dragging** both his feet, **it would be prohibited** because it would be like carrying him in the public domain.


###### Shabbat 128b:4
[Shabbat 128b:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:4)

**גְּמָ׳** אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר רַב: בְּהֵמָה שֶׁנָּפְלָה לְאַמַּת הַמַּיִם — מֵבִיא כָּרִים וּכְסָתוֹת וּמַנִּיחַ תַּחְתֶּיהָ, וְאִם עָלְתָה — עָלְתָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** **Rav Yehuda said** that **Rav said:** With regard to **an animal that fell into an aqueduct, one brings cushions and blankets,** and throws them into the water ditch, **and places them beneath** the animal in the aqueduct. **And if** the animal thereby **emerges, it emerges.**


###### Shabbat 128b:5
[Shabbat 128b:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:5)

מֵיתִיבִי: בְּהֵמָה שֶׁנָּפְלָה לְאַמַּת הַמַּיִם — עוֹשֶׂה לָהּ פַּרְנָסָה בִּמְקוֹמָהּ בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁלֹּא תָּמוּת. פַּרְנָסָה — אִין, כָּרִים וּכְסָתוֹת — לָא!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara **raises an objection** from a *Tosefta*: With regard to **an animal that fell into an aqueduct** on Shabbat, **one provides it with sustenance in its place so that it will not die.** This implies that providing it with **sustenance, yes,** that is permitted, providing it with **cushions and blankets, no,** that it is prohibited.


###### Shabbat 128b:6
[Shabbat 128b:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:6)

לָא קַשְׁיָא, הָא — דְּאֶפְשָׁר בְּפַרְנָסָה, הָא — דְּאִי אֶפְשָׁר בְּפַרְנָסָה. אֶפְשָׁר בְּפַרְנָסָה — אִין, וְאִי לָא — מֵבִיא כָּרִים וּכְסָתוֹת וּמַנִּיחַ תַּחְתֶּיהָ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: This is **not difficult,** as there is room to distinguish between the cases. **This,** the *Tosefta* in which it was taught that one provides the animal with sustenance, is referring to a case where **it is possible to provide** it with **sustenance. That,** the mishna in which Rav said that one brings cushions and blankets, is referring to a case where **it is impossible to provide** it with **sustenance.** Where **it is possible to provide** it with **sustenance, yes,** he does so. **And if** it is **not** possible to provide it with sustenance, **he brings cushions and blankets and places them beneath** the animal.


###### Shabbat 128b:7
[Shabbat 128b:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:7)

וְהָא קָא מְבַטֵּל כְּלִי מֵהֵיכֵנוֹ! סָבַר מְבַטֵּל כְּלִי מֵהֵיכֵנוֹ דְּרַבָּנַן, צַעַר בַּעֲלֵי חַיִּים דְּאוֹרָיְיתָא, וְאָתֵי דְּאוֹרָיְיתָא וְדָחֵי דְּרַבָּנַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Does he not,** by placing the cushions and blankets, **negate a vessel’s preparedness?** The cushions and blankets are no longer fit for their designated use on Shabbat, and this negation of their designated use is similar to the prohibited labor of dismantling. The Gemara answers: Rav **holds** that **negating a vessel’s preparedness** is prohibited **by rabbinic law. Causing a living creature to suffer** is **a Torah** prohibition. **And** a matter prohibited by **Torah law comes and overrides** a matter prohibited **by rabbinic law.**


###### Shabbat 128b:8
[Shabbat 128b:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:8)

תַּרְנְגוֹלֶת שֶׁבָּרְחָה וְכוּ׳. דּוֹחִין — אִין, מְדַדִּין — לָא. תְּנֵינָא לְהָא, דְתָנוּ רַבָּנַן: מְדַדִּין בְּהֵמָה חַיָּה וָעוֹף בֶּחָצֵר, אֲבָל לֹא אֶת הַתַּרְנְגוֹלֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
We learned in the mishna: With regard to **a hen that fled** that one seeks to retrieve, he may push it back to its place. By inference: **Push** the hen, **yes,** it is permitted, **help** it **to walk, no,** it is prohibited. The Gemara comments: **We** already **learned this, as the Sages taught: One may help domesticated animals, non-domesticated animals, and fowl walk in the courtyard** on Shabbat, **but not hens.**


###### Shabbat 128b:9
[Shabbat 128b:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:9)

תַּרְנְגוֹלֶת מַאי טַעְמָא לָא? אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: מִשּׁוּם דְּמַקְפְּיָא נַפְשָׁהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: With regard to **a hen, what** is the **reason** that one may **not** help it walk? **Abaye says:** It is prohibited **because** the hen **lifts itself** off the ground. As a result, one actually carries it.


###### Shabbat 128b:10
[Shabbat 128b:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:10)

תָּנֵי חֲדָא: מְדַדִּין בְּהֵמָה וְחַיָּה וָעוֹף בֶּחָצֵר אֲבָל לֹא בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, וְהָאִשָּׁה מְדַדָּה אֶת בְּנָהּ בִּרְשׁוּת הָרַבִּים, וְאֵין צָרִיךְ לוֹמַר בֶּחָצֵר. וְתַנְיָא אִידַּךְ: אֵין עוֹקְרִין בְּהֵמָה וְחַיָּה וָעוֹף בֶּחָצֵר, אֲבָל דּוֹחִין בָּהֶן שֶׁיִּכָּנְסוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It was taught** in **one** *baraita*: **One may help domesticated animals, non-domesticated animals, and fowl walk in the courtyard, but not in the public domain. And a woman may help her son walk in the public domain, and, needless to say,** it is permitted **in the courtyard. And it was taught** in **another** *baraita*: **One may not lift domesticated animals, non-domesticated animals, and fowl** off the ground **in the courtyard, but one may push them so that they will enter.**


###### Shabbat 128b:11
[Shabbat 128b:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:11)

הָא גוּפָא קַשְׁיָא: אָמְרַתְּ אֵין עוֹקְרִין, אֲבָל דַּדּוֹיֵי — מְדַדִּינַן, הֲדַר אָמְרַתְּ: דּוֹחִין אִין, מְדַדִּין — לָא! אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: סֵיפָא אֲתָאן לְתַרְנְגוֹלֶת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara first seeks to clarify the second *baraita*. **This** *baraita* **itself is difficult.** On the one hand, **you said** that **one may not lift,** from which it may be inferred, **however,** that **one may help it walk. Then you said: Push, yes,** it is permitted, **help walk, no,** it is prohibited. **Abaye said: The latter clause,** which states that one may not help it walk, **we came to** the *halakha* of a **hen,** which, as mentioned above, one may not help it walk.


###### Shabbat 128b:12
[Shabbat 128b:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:12)

אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: הַאי מַאן דְּשָׁחֵיט תַּרְנְגוֹלְתָּא — לִכְבְּשִׁינְהוּ לְכַרְעֵיהּ בְּאַרְעָא, אִי נָמֵי נֵידֵל לְהוּ מֵידֵל, דְּדִילְמָא מַנַּח לְהוּ לְטוּפְרֵיהּ בְּאַרְעָא, וְעָקַר לְהוּ לְסִימָנִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Having mentioned moving the hen, the Gemara cites that which **Abaye said: One who slaughters a hen should force its legs into the ground, or alternatively lift it** entirely into the air. Failure to do so leads to the concern **lest** the hen **place its claws into the ground** and convulse during the slaughter **and dislocate the signs,** the trachea and gullet. This would invalidate the slaughter and render the hen an unslaughtered animal carcass.


###### Shabbat 128b:13
[Shabbat 128b:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:13)

**מַתְנִי׳** אֵין מְיַלְּדִין אֶת הַבְּהֵמָה בְּיוֹם טוֹב, אֲבָל מְסַעֲדִין. וּמְיַלְּדִין אֶת הָאִשָּׁה בְּשַׁבָּת, וְקוֹרִין לָהּ חֲכָמָה מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם, וּמְחַלְּלִין עָלֶיהָ אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת, וְקוֹשְׁרִין אֶת הַטִּיבּוּר. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: אַף חוֹתְכִין. וְכׇל צׇרְכֵי מִילָּה עוֹשִׂין בְּשַׁבָּת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** **One may not birth an animal on a Festival,** and all the more one may not birth it on Shabbat. **However, one may assist it** to give birth. **And one may birth a woman** even **on Shabbat, and call a midwife for her** to travel **from place to place,** even when the midwife’s travel involves the desecration of Shabbat. **And one may desecrate Shabbat for** a woman giving birth. **And one may tie the umbilical cord** of a child born on Shabbat. **Rabbi Yosei says: One may even cut** the umbilical cord. **And all the requirements of circumcision may be performed** for a baby whose eighth day of life occurs **on Shabbat.**


###### Shabbat 128b:14
[Shabbat 128b:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:14)

**גְּמָ׳** כֵּיצַד מְסַעֲדִין? רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר: אוֹחֵז אֶת הַוָּלָד שֶׁלֹּא יִפּוֹל לָאָרֶץ, רַב נַחְמָן אָמַר: דּוֹחֵק בַּבָּשָׂר כְּדֵי שֶׁיֵּצֵא הַוָּלָד.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara asks: **How may one assist** in the birth of an animal? **Rav Yehuda said: One holds the newborn so that it will not fall to the ground. Rav Naḥman says: One presses the flesh** around the womb **so that the newborn will emerge.**


###### Shabbat 128b:15
[Shabbat 128b:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:15)

תַּנְיָא כְּווֹתֵיהּ דְּרַב יְהוּדָה: כֵּיצַד מְסַעֲדִין? אוֹחֲזִין אֶת הַוָּלָד שֶׁלֹּא יִפּוֹל לָאָרֶץ, וְנוֹפֵחַ לוֹ בְּחוֹטְמוֹ, וְנוֹתֵן לוֹ דַּד לְתוֹךְ פִּיו כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּינַק.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**It was taught in** a *baraita* **in accordance with** the opinion of **Rav Yehuda: How may one assist** in the birth of an animal? **One holds the newborn so that it will not fall to the ground, and he blows into its nostrils** to remove mucus obstructing the air passages, enabling the offspring to breathe, **and he places** the mother’s **teat into its mouth so that it will suckle.**


###### Shabbat 128b:16
[Shabbat 128b:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:16)

אָמַר רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל: מְרַחֲמִין הָיִינוּ עַל בְּהֵמָה טְהוֹרָה בְּיוֹם טוֹב. הֵיכִי עָבֵיד? אָמַר אַבָּיֵי: מֵבִיא בּוּל שֶׁל מֶלַח וּמַנִּיחַ לָהּ בְּתוֹךְ הָרֶחֶם, כְּדֵי שֶׁתִּזְכּוֹר צַעֲרָהּ וּתְרַחֵם עָלָיו. וּמְזַלְּפִין מֵי שִׁלְיָא עַל גַּבֵּי וָלָד, כְּדֵי שֶׁתָּרִיחַ רֵיחוֹ וּתְרַחֵם עָלָיו. וְדַוְקָא טְהוֹרָה, אֲבָל טְמֵאָה — לָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: We would have mercy on kosher animals on a Festival,** to help the offspring. The Gemara asks: **How does** one have mercy? **Abaye said:** If the mother does not draw her offspring near and tend to it, **one may bring a lump of salt and place** it **in the** animal’s **womb, so that** it will suffer, **remember its suffering** while giving birth, **and have mercy on** the offspring. And **one may pour fluids of the afterbirth on** the offspring **so that** the mother **will smell it and have mercy on it,** her offspring. **And** this may be done **specifically** for a **kosher** animal, **but** for a **non-kosher** animal, **no,** it may not be done.


###### Shabbat 128b:17
[Shabbat 128b:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:17)

מַאי טַעְמָא? טְמֵאָה לָא מְרַחֲקָא וְלָדָא, וְאִי מְרַחֲקָא וְלָדָא — לָא מְקָרְבָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What is the reason** one may not do so for **a non-kosher** animal? The Gemara answers: **A non-kosher** animal **does not distance its offspring, and if it does distance its offspring, it will not draw** it **near** again. No purpose is served by taking these steps with a non-kosher animal.


###### Shabbat 128b:18
[Shabbat 128b:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:18)

מְיַלְּדִין אֶת הָאִשָּׁה וְכוּ׳. מִכְּדֵי תְּנָא לֵיהּ: מְיַלְּדִין אֶת הָאִשָּׁה וְקוֹרִין לָהּ חֲכָמָה מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם, ״וּמְחַלְּלִין עָלֶיהָ אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת״ לְאֵתוֹיֵי מַאי?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
We learned in the mishna: **And one may birth a woman** even when that involves the desecration of Shabbat The Gemara asks: **After all, it was taught** explicitly in the mishna: **And one may birth a woman** even **on Shabbat, and call a midwife for her** to travel **from place to place.** The phrase: **And one may desecrate Shabbat for** a woman giving birth, **what** does it come **to include?** All the possible acts of desecrating Shabbat for the birthing woman were already listed.


###### Shabbat 128b:19
[Shabbat 128b:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:19)

לְאֵתוֹיֵי הָא דְּתָנוּ רַבָּנַן: אִם הָיְתָה צְרִיכָה לְנֵר — חֲבֶירְתָּהּ מַדְלֶקֶת לָהּ אֶת הַנֵּר. וְאִם הָיְתָה צְרִיכָה לְשֶׁמֶן — חֲבֶירְתָּהּ מְבִיאָה לָהּ שֶׁמֶן בַּיָּד, וְאִם אֵינוֹ סֹפֵק בַּיָּד — מְבִיאָה בִּשְׂעָרָהּ, וְאִם אֵינוֹ סֹפֵק בִּשְׂעָרָהּ — מְבִיאָה לָהּ בִּכְלִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: It comes **to include that which the Sages taught** with regard to this issue: **If** a woman giving birth **were** to **need a lamp, her friend lights the lamp for her** on Shabbat. **And if she were to need oil, her friend brings her oil** via the public domain in an atypical manner, carrying it **in** the palm of her **hand** but not in a vessel. **And if** the oil that her friend brings **in** her **hand is not enough, she brings** oil **in her hair. And if** oil that she brings **in** her **hair is not enough, she brings** oil **for her** in the typical manner, **in a vessel.**


###### Shabbat 128b:20
[Shabbat 128b:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:20)

אָמַר מָר: אִם הָיְתָה צְרִיכָה לְנֵר — חֲבֶירְתָּהּ מַדְלֶקֶת לָהּ אֶת הַנֵּר. פְּשִׁיטָא! לָא צְרִיכָא בְּסוּמָא, מַהוּ דְּתֵימָא: כֵּיוָן דְּלָא חַזְיָא — אֲסִיר, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן אִיַּתּוֹבֵי מִיַּתְּבָא דַּעְתַּהּ, סָבְרָא: אִי אִיכָּא מִידֵּי — חַזְיָא חֲבִירְתַּאי וְעָבְדָה לִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**The Master said** in the *baraita*: **If** a woman giving birth **were to need a lamp, her friend** would **light the lamp for her** on Shabbat. The Gemara asks: This is **obvious.** The Gemara answers: It is **necessary** to teach this *halakha* **only in the case of a blind** woman giving birth. **Lest you say: Since she cannot see** even with the light **it is prohibited** to bring a lamp for her, **it teaches us** that lighting the lamp is permitted to **settle her mind.** The blind woman **thinks: If there is something** that needs to be done in the course of childbirth, the lamp will enable my **friend to see and she will do** it **for me.**


###### Shabbat 128b:21
[Shabbat 128b:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:21)

אִם הָיְתָה צְרִיכָה לְשֶׁמֶן וְכוּ׳. תִּיפּוֹק לֵיהּ מִשּׁוּם סְחִיטָה!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
We learned in the mishna: **And if she needed oil,** her friend brings her oil in her hair. The Gemara asks: What good is this advice? **Derive** that **it** is prohibited **due to** the prohibited labor of **wringing.** The friend will need to wring her hair in order to extract the oil for the birthing woman.


###### Shabbat 128b:22
[Shabbat 128b:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:22)

רַבָּה וְרַב יוֹסֵף דְּאָמְרִי תַּרְוַויְיהוּ: אֵין סְחִיטָה בְּשֵׂיעָר. רַב אָשֵׁי אָמַר: אֲפִילּוּ תֵּימָא יֵשׁ סְחִיטָה בְּשֵׂיעָר, מְבִיאָה לָהּ בִּכְלִי דֶּרֶךְ שְׂעָרָהּ, דְּכַמָּה דְּאֶפְשָׁר לְשַׁנּוֹיֵי — מְשַׁנִּינַן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It was **Rabba and Rav Yosef who both said: There is no** prohibition of **wringing with regard to hair,** since hair does not absorb liquids like other materials. **Rav Ashi said: Even if you say** that **there is** a prohibition of **wringing with regard to hair,** here the friend does not actually bring the oil in her hair. Rather, **she brings it in a vessel** tied **through her hair.** She does this because **as much** as **it is possible to change** the manner in which one performs a labor that is being done to save a life, **we change it.**


###### Shabbat 128b:23
[Shabbat 128b:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:23)

אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: חַיָּה כׇּל זְמַן שֶׁהַקֶּבֶר פָּתוּחַ, בֵּין אָמְרָה ״צְרִיכָה אֲנִי״, בֵּין לֹא אָמְרָה ״צְרִיכָה אֲנִי״ — מְחַלְּלִין עָלֶיהָ אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Yehuda said** that **Shmuel said:** With regard to **a woman in childbirth, as long as the womb is open, whether she said: I need** Shabbat to be desecrated, or **whether she did not say: I need** Shabbat to be desecrated, **one desecrates Shabbat for her.** Generally, a woman in childbirth is in danger, and prohibited labors may be performed in life-threatening circumstances.


###### Shabbat 128b:24
[Shabbat 128b:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Shabbat/r/128b:24)

נִסְתַּם הַקֶּבֶר, בֵּין אָמְרָה

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Once **the womb closed** after birth, **whether** the woman who gave birth **said:**