GEVURAH: YESHIVAT HAVERIM – BABYLONIAN TALMUD p65

Is it to be inferred from this that, if victuals are improved by shrivelling (upon the fire), they
may be left there? This is a different case, for the fire was damped. If such is the case, what
came R. Itz’hak to teach? “Lest one say that if the fire got to glowing again, it is to be considered
as a fire originally started?” R. Itz’hak lets us know that, when once a fire has been damped, we
need have no further scruples about letting the victuals remain on it.
R. Shesheth said in the name of R. Johanan: Victuals that require additional warming or
additional cooking may be left upon a stove that was heated with pressed poppy seed or with
wood; but if they were once removed, they shall not be replaced unless the live coals were taken
out or covered with ashes. He was of the opinion that our Mishna (treats) of replacing (a
removed pot), but allows (a pot that was not removed) to be left on the stove, even if the live
coals are not taken out or covered with ashes. Said Rabha: “Were not both (propositions)
expounded in the Boraithoth (that were cited)?” Aye, but R. Shesheth merely, wishes to exhibit
his construction of the text of the Mishna.
R. Samuel b. Jehudah in the name of R. Johanan said: Upon a stove that was heated with pressed
poppy seed or wood, victuals may be left standing, if they are sufficiently warmed and
sufficiently cooked, even if shrivelling improves them. Said one of the schoolmen to him: “Did
not Rabh and Samuel both say that if shrivelling improves them, it is not allowed? And he
answered: “I said this in the name of R. Johanan and not in the name of the above mentioned, as
I am aware of it.” R. Uqba of Mishan said to R. Ashi: “You, who cherish the teachings of Rabh
and Samuel, may follow their regulation, but we will follow the regulation of R. Johanan.”
Abayi questioned R. Joseph: May victuals be left (on the stove)? And he answered: Did not R.
Jehudah leave (victuals on the stove), and eat them afterward? Rejoined Abayi: The case of R.
Jehudah cannot be taken into consideration. He was stricken with a dangerous disease, and for
him even (the cooking of victuals) on the Sabbath was permitted; but I ask about (healthy men
like) you and me. R. Joseph answered: “In Sura they do leave. As R. Na’hman b. Itz’hak, who was exemplary in following religious ordinances, was wont to leave and to eat.”