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אלא אמר רב אשי: שלש מחיצות ולחי אחד — זה מבוי שאינו מפולש. שלש מחיצות בלא לחי — זהו מבוי המפולש. ואפילו לרבי אליעזר דאמר בעינן לחיים, הני מילי לאוכלין ומשקין, אבל לספר תורה — בחד לחי סגי.
Rather, Rav Ashi said: The rabbis in the Mishnah disagree with regard to the opinion of R' Eliezer: 3 walls and one post is an alley that is closed; 3 walls without a post at all is an open alley. And even according to R' Eliezer, who said we need two posts, one post being insufficient, those words were stated to permit one to move food and drinks, but for the purpose of moving a Torah scroll, one post is sufficient.
מתני׳ מצילין מזון שלש סעודות. הראוי לאדם — לאדם, הראוי לבהמה — לבהמה. כיצד? נפלה דליקה בלילי שבת — מצילין מזון שלש סעודות. בשחרית — מצילין מזון שתי סעודות. במנחה — מזון סעודה אחת. רבי יוסי אומר: לעולם מצילין מזון שלש סעודות.
Mishnah: One may rescue food for 3 meals from a fire on Shabbat. One may rescue food that is suitable for a person for a person; and one may rescue food that is suitable for an animal for an animal. How so? If a fire ignited on Friday night before the Shabbat evening meal, one may rescue food for 3 meals. If a fire ignited in the morning, after the Shabbat evening meal has been eaten and before the meal of Shabbat day, one may only rescue food for two meals. If a fire ignited in the afternoon, one may rescue food for one meal. R' Yosei says: One may always rescue food for 3 meals, which is the measure that the rabbis permitted without distinguishing between the times of day.
גמ׳ מכדי בהיתרא קטרח, נציל טפי? אמר רבא: מתוך שאדם בהול על ממונו, אי שרית ליה — אתי לכבויי. אמר ליה אביי, אלא הא דתניא: נשברה לו חבית בראש גגו — מביא כלי ומניח תחתיה, ובלבד שלא יביא כלי אחר ויקלוט, כלי אחר ויצרף. התם, מאי גזירה איכא? הכא נמי, גזירה שמא יביא כלי דרך רשות הרבים.
Talmud: The Talmud asks: Now, since one is exerting himself to move permitted objects, let us rescue more. Why was he allowed to rescue food for only 3 meals? Rava said: Since a person is agitated about his property, if you permit him to move more, he will come to extinguish the fire. Abaye said to him: Rather, that which was taught in a baraita: If one’s jug broke atop one’s roof on Shabbat, he may bring a vessel and place it under the jug to salvage its contents, and this is permitted provided that he does not bring another vessel and place it on the ground to catch the liquid that flows out of the jug. Similarly, one may not bring another vessel and attach the vessel next to the roof so that the liquid from the jug will pour into it. There, what decree applies to prohibit saving it in any other way? Rava said to him: Here, too, it is a decree issued due to the concern lest one bring the additional vessel through the public domain, which is prohibited.