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מחזירין, אפילו בשבת. ואף רבי אושעיא סבר ״אף מחזירין״ — אפילו בשבת. דאמר רבי אושעיא: פעם אחת היינו עומדים לעילא מרבי חייא רבה והעלנו לו קומקמוס של חמין מדיוטא התחתונה לדיוטא העליונה, ומזגנו לו את הכוס, והחזרנוהו למקומו, ולא אמר לנו דבר.
that one may even return it, doing so is permitted even on Shabbat and not only on Friday. And Rav Oshaya also holds: One may even return it even on Shabbat. As Rav Oshaya said: Once we were standing on Shabbat before R' Ḥiyya the Great and we passed up to him a kettle [kumkemos] of hot water from the bottom floor [deyota] to the top floor, and we poured him a cup and returned the kettle to its place on top of the stove, and he did not say anything to us. Apparently, he is of the opinion that even on Shabbat it is permitted to return a pot to the stove.
אמר רבי זריקא אמר רבי אבא אמר רבי תדאי: לא שנו אלא שעודן בידו, אבל הניחן על גבי קרקע — אסור. אמר רבי אמי: רבי תדאי דעבד — לגרמיה הוא דעבד. אלא הכי אמר רבי חייא אמר רבי יוחנן: אפילו הניחה על גבי קרקע — מותר.
R' Zerika said that R' Abba said that R' Tadai said: They only taught that it is permitted to return vessels with the food inside them when they are still in his hand; however, if he already placed them on the ground, he obviously regretted placing them on the fire and it is prohibited to replace them on the stove. R' Ami said: That which R' Tadai did and said, he did on his own, and not in accordance with the accepted halakha. Rather, R' Ḥiyya said that R' Yoḥanan said as follows: Even if one placed the pot on the ground, it is permitted to return it to the stove.
פליגי בה רב דימי ורב שמואל בר יהודה, ותרוייהו משמיה דרבי אלעזר אמרי. חד אמר: עודן בידו — מותר, על גבי קרקע — אסור. וחד אמר: הניחן על גבי קרקע נמי מותר. אמר חזקיה משמיה דאביי: הא דאמרת עודן בידו — מותר, לא אמרן אלא שדעתו להחזיר, אבל אין דעתו להחזיר — אסור. מכלל דעל גבי קרקע אף על פי שדעתו להחזיר — אסור.
The Talmud remarks that Rav Dimi and Rav Shmuel bar Yehuda disagreed about this matter, and both stated their opinion in the name of R' Elazar. One said that when they are still in his hand, it is permitted to return them to the stove; when they were already placed on the ground, it is prohibited to do so. And one said that even if one placed them on the ground, it is also permitted to return it to the stove. Ḥizkiya said in the name of Abaye: That which you said, that when it is still in his hand, it is permitted to return it to the stove; we only said that halakha when his original intention was to return it to the stove. However, when it was not his original intention to return it, and he reconsidered and decided to return it, it is prohibited to return it. This proves by inference that if one placed it on the ground, even if his intention was to return it, it is prohibited.