בַּרְזֶ֥ל וּנְחֹ֖שֶׁת מִנְעָלֶ֑יךָ וּכְיָמֶ֖יךָ דָּבְאֶֽךָ׃
אײַזן און קופּער דײַנע ריגלען, און װי דײַנע טעג דײַן שטאַרקײט.
Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat
91A somewhat shortened and rearranged copy of this text is in Sanhedrin 10:1 Notes 103–112. Babli Šabbat 60b. It is forbidden to wear nail-studded work-boots on the Sabbath. But it is permitted to wear shoes decorated with nails. There are different traditions about the number of nails which will constitute a decoration. How many nails should it have? Rebbi Joḥanan said five, corresponding to the five books of the Torah. Rebbi Ḥanina said seven, corresponding to your days are your steps92Deut. 33:24.. The rabbis are used to follow Rebbi Ḥanina. Rebbi Aḥa explained following Rebbi Ḥanina: nine. Rebbi put thirteen on one [shoe] and eleven on the other, for the number of watches. And like planted nails93Eccl. 12:11. This is a pun equating מַשְׂמְרוֹת “nails” and מִשְׁמָרוֹת “watches” following Galilean pronunciation which did not differentiate between שׁ and שׂ. The watches are the 24 clans of priests (1Chr. 24), each of which was serving in the Temple for one week. Rebbi would not put 12 nails on each shoe since even numbers are considered unlucky., since the watches are 24, so the nails 24. Rebbi Yose ben Ḥanina said, a crooked nail is not counted with the nails94In the Babli 60b, the equivalent of כילבית is כלבוס.. Rebbi Zeˋira asked Rebbi Abba bar Zavda: may one put all of them on one sandal? He told him, it is permitted. May one put all of them on one boot? He told him, it is permitted. One does not scrape95It is forbidden to scrape off dirt from one’s shoes on the Sabbath (except in an unprofessional way, with the blunt back of a knife); Babli 141b. old boots or sandals but one may oil them or dip them in water. Rebbi Crispus in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: The students of the Elder Rebbi Ḥiyya say that those of first rank said, one may scrape, those of second rank said, one may not scrape. Rebbi was asked and said, one does not scrape. Rebbi Zeˋira said, here goes one of the students of the Elder Rebbi Ḥiyya96Rebbi certainly is of the authorities of first rank.. The rabbis of Caesarea in the name of Rebbi Yose ben Ḥanina follow him who said he scrapes but only with the back of a knife. Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Ashi said, we used to sit before Rebbi97This is a Babylonian story; with the Sanhedrin text one has to red “Rav”. and were oiling and rinsing, but not scraping. 98The remainder of this paragraph originally is from Ševiˋit 8:8, Notes 119–124. Olive oil produced in the Sabbatical year has to be used for the personal needs of man or animal; it is permitted to use it to daub one’s body but not to prepare leather or leather products. These rules are transferred here to the Sabbath. Babli 141b. Nobody should anoint his foot in a boot or his foot in a sandal but he may oil his foot and step into his boot or oil his foot and step into his sandal. One may oil himself and roll on a new tarpaulin without worry. One should not put it on a marble slab to roll himself in it, but Rabban Gamliel permits it.