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Rebbe Abahu said it was explained to him in the name of Rebbe Yosi Bar Rebbe Chanina, that one who braids or fixes her hair on Shabbos, is liable for boneh, building.
The Gemara asks if braiding can be considered building. The Gemara brings a proof that it is, from Rebbe Shimon ben Menasya who explained the passuk, ויבן ה' אלקים את הצלע – And Hashem, G-d, built the side He had taken from the man (into a woman), that HaKadosh Baruch Hu braided Chava’s hair and brought her to Adam, for in the cities by the sea they call a braider a בנייתא, a builder.
The next Mishnah states that if one plucks a plant from an עציץ נקוב, a perforated flowerpot, on Shabbos, he is liable, but he is exempt if it was unperforated. Rebbe Shimon says one is exempt in both cases.
Rashi explains that according to the Tanna Kamma, in the case of the perforated pot, since the plant draws nourishment from the ground, it is considered attached to the ground. Plucking it would therefore violate the melacha of תולש, plucking, which a toldah of קוצר, harvesting.
Rava said there are five different measures with regards to perforations in an earthenware kli:
Rashi explains that tumah can only enter a kli through an opening, and not through a hole in its side.
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