Sheviis 3:9 — Carrying Stones on the Shoulder

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Carrying Stones on the Shoulder

אַבְנֵי כָתֵף
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Mishnah שביעית ג׳:ט׳ · Sheviis 3:9
אַבְנֵי כָתֵף, בָּאוֹת מִכָּל מָקוֹם.
וְהַקַּבְּלָן, מֵבִיא מִכָּל מָקוֹם.
וְאֵלּוּ הֵם אַבְנֵי כָתֵף,
כָּל שֶׁאֵינָהּ יְכוֹלָה לְהִנָּטֵל בְּאַחַת יָד, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר.
רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, אַבְנֵי כָתֵף כִּשְׁמָן, כָּל שֶׁהֵן נִטָּלוֹת שְׁתַּיִם שָׁלֹשׁ עַל הַכָּתֵף:
Shoulder-stones may be brought from anywhere.
And a contractor may bring from anywhere.
And these are shoulder-stones:
any that cannot be taken with one hand, the words of Rabbi Meir.
Rabbi Yose says: shoulder-stones are as their name [implies], any that are carried two or three [at a time] on the shoulder:

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