And Rav Ashi

<<said:

<<because

<<it is

<<something

<<that has

<<a permitted [state ahead],

<<and any

<<thing

<<that has

<<a permitted state ahead,

<<even

<<in a thousand

<<is not

<<nullified.

“Rabbi Yehuda

<<exempts

<<with water.”

<<Water,

<<yes;

<<salt,

<<no?

<<But

<<it is taught:

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<water

<<and salt

<<are nullified

<<whether

<<in dough

<<or

<<in a pot!

<<It is not a difficulty:

<<this is

<<with salt

<<of Sodom,

<<this

<<with salt

<<of Istrokan.

But isn't it taught:

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<water

<<and salt

<<are nullified

<<in dough,

<<but are not

<<nullified

<<in a pot,

<<because of

<<its gravy!

<<It is not a difficulty:

<<this is

<<with thick [gravy],

<<this

<<with thin.

MISHNAH:

<<A coal

<<is like the feet of

<<the owners,

<<and a flame

<<anywhere.

<<A coal

<<of

<<consecrated property —

<<one is liable for misuse

<<of it;

<<and a flame —

<<one may not

<<benefit,

<<but is not

<<liable for misuse.

<<One who carries out

<<a coal

<<to the public domain

<<is liable,

<<and a flame,

<<exempt.

GEMARA:

<<The Rabbis taught:

<<five

<<things

<<were said

<<about a coal:

<<A coal

<<is like the feet of

<<the owners,

<<and a flame

<<anywhere.

<<A coal

<<of

<<consecrated property —

<<one is liable for misuse

<<of it;

<<and a flame —

<<one may not

<<benefit,

<<but is not

<<liable for misuse.

<<A coal

<<of

<<idolatry

<<is prohibited,

<<and a flame

<<is permitted.

<<One who carries out

<<a coal

<<to the public domain

<<is liable,

<<and a flame,

<<exempt.

<<One forbidden by vow

<<benefit

<<from his fellow

<<is prohibited

<<his coal

<<and permitted

<<his flame.

How is it different

<<a flame of

<<idolatry

<<that is permitted,

<<and how is different

<<that of consecrated property

<<that is prohibited?

<<Idolatry,

<<which is repulsive

<<and keep away

<<people

<<from it —

<<not

<<did decree

<<about it

<<the Rabbis;

<<consecrated property,

<<which is not

<<repulsive

<<and not

<<keep away

<<people

<<from it —

<<decreed

<<about it

<<the Rabbis.

“One who carries out

<<a coal

<<to the public domain

<<is liable,

<<and a flame,

<<exempt.”

<<But

<<it is taught:

<<one who carries out

<<a flame

<<of any amount

<<is liable!

<<Rav Sheshes said:

<<for example,

<<where he carried it out

<<on a splinter.

But let him derive [liability]

<<because of

<<the splinter!

<<Where it does not have

<<the minimum amount.

<<As we learned:

<<one who carries out

<<wood —

<<enough

<<to cook

<<an egg

<<lightly.

Abaye

<<said:

<<for example,

<<where he smeared

<<a vessel [with]

<<oil

<<and lit

<<on it

<<fire.

<<But let him derive [liability]

<<because of

<<the vessel!

<<With a shard.

But let him derive [liability]

<<because of

<<the shard!

<<Where it does not have

<<the minimum amount.

<<As we learned:

<<a shard —

<<enough

<<to place

<<between

<<one board

<<and another —

<<the words of

<<Rabbi Yehuda.

But then,

<<that

<<which we learned:

<<one who carries out

<<a flame

<<is exempt,

<<how

<<do you find it?

<<For example,

<<where he cast it

<<into the public domain.

MISHNAH:

<<A pit

<<of

<<an individual

<<is like the feet of

<<the individual;

<<and of

<<the people of

<<that

<<town,

<<like the feet of

<<the people of

<<that

<<town;

<<and of

<<those who came up from

<<Babylonia,

<<like the feet of

<<the one who draws.

GEMARA:

<<Raised a contradiction

<<Rava

<<to Rav Nachman:

<<we learned:

<<a pit

<<of

<<an individual

<<is like the feet of

<<the individual;

<<and they contrasted it:

<<rivers

<<that flow

<<and springs

<<that gush

<<are

<<like the feet of

<<everyone!

<<Said

<<(Rava):

<<here, with what are we dealing?

<<With collected [water].

<<And it was also stated:

<<Rabbi Chiya bar Avin said in the name of Shmuel:

<<with collected [water].

“And of

<<those who came up from

<<Babylonia,

<<like the feet of

<<the one who draws.”

<<It was stated:

<<if he drew

<<and gave

<<to his fellow —

<<Rav Nachman

<<said:

<<like the feet of

<<the one

<<for whom it was drawn;

<<Rav Sheshes

<<said:

<<like the feet of

<<the one who draws.

About what

<<do they disagree?

<<One master

<<holds:

<<the pit

<<is ownerless

<<it is;

<<and the other master

<<holds:

<<the pit

<<is of partners

<<it is.

Raised an objection

<<Rava

<<to Rav Nachman:

<<“I am

<<to you

<<as a cherem” —

<<the one vowed against

<<is prohibited;