Shabbat 150A

מדוד והבא. ואיכא דאמרי, שאמרה ״מאד מאד הביא בלא מדה״.

Measure and bring a lot of money, has ceased. And some say that the meaning of the statement is that this nation said: Bring very, very much, without measure.

״ורבו יתירה הוספת לי״, אמר רב יהודה אמר רב ירמיה בר אבא: מלמד שרכב על ארי זכר, וקשר תנין בראשו, לקיים מה שנאמר: ״וגם את חית השדה נתתי לו לעבדו״.

The Talmud cites another verse pertaining to Nebuchadnezzar: “And surpassing greatness was added to me” (Daniel 4:33), about which Rav Yehuda said that Rav Yirmeya bar Abba said: This teaches that Nebuchadnezzar rode atop a male lion and tied a serpent to its head, fulfilling what was said of him: “And the animals of the field I have also given him to serve him” (Jeremiah 27:6).

מתני׳ לא ישכור אדם פועלים בשבת. ולא יאמר אדם לחבירו לשכור לו פועלים. אין מחשיכין על התחום לשכור לו פועלים ולהביא פירות, אבל מחשיך הוא לשמור, ומביא פירות בידו. כלל אמר אבא שאול: כל שאני זכאי באמירתו ⁠— רשאי אני להחשיך עליו.

Mishnah: A person may not hire workers on Shabbat to work for him after Shabbat because even speaking about weekday matters is prohibited on Shabbat. Similarly, a person may not tell another on Shabbat to hire workers for him. One may not even wait for nightfall at the edge of the Shabbat boundary in order to leave the boundary immediately after Shabbat to hire workers for himself or to bring produce from his field. But he may wait for nightfall at the edge of the Shabbat boundary in order to guard his produce that is outside the Shabbat boundary, and he may then bring produce back in his hand, since he did not initially intend to wait at the edge of the boundary for this purpose. Abba Shaul stated a general principle: With regard to anything that I am permitted to discuss on Shabbat, I am permitted to wait for nightfall at the edge of the Shabbat boundary for its sake.