Related%20passage for Shabbat 8:2

הַמּוֹצִיא חֶבֶל, כְּדֵי לַעֲשׂוֹת אֹזֶן לְקֻפָּה. גֶּמִי, כְּדֵי לַעֲשׂוֹת תְּלַאי לְנָפָה וְלִכְבָרָה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, כְּדֵי לִטֹּל מִמֶּנּוּ מִדַּת מִנְעָל לְקָטָן. נְיָר, כְּדֵי לִכְתֹּב עָלָיו קֶשֶׁר מוֹכְסִין. וְהַמּוֹצִיא קֶשֶׁר מוֹכְסִין, חַיָּב. נְיָר מָחוּק, כְּדֵי לִכְרֹךְ עַל פִּי צְלוֹחִית קְטַנָּה שֶׁל פַּלְיָטוֹן:

If one takes out a rope, (the quantity for liability is) what suffices to make an "ear" for a basket [to hold it by]; reed-rope, what suffices to make a loop for a sifter or a sieve [to hand it by (less than the quantity of an "ear" for a basket)]. R. Yehudah says: What suffices to take the measure for a child's shoe; paper [made of grass], what suffices for the writing of the publican's receipt. [Sometimes, one pays the taxes on one side of a river, and the publican gives him a receipt to show the publican on the other side, indicating that the tax has already been paid. He draws two large letters, larger than ours, as a sign.] And one who takes out a publican's receipt is liable. Erased paper [It can no longer be written on. Therefore, it requires a larger amount, viz.], what suffices to stop up the mouth of a small flask of foliatum.

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