תלמוד על סוכה 1:2

Mishnah: “What the people of Tiberias did,” etc. ⁹³A different version is in the Babli, 40a, as baraita in the name of Bar Qappara. Originally they closed the conduit⁹⁴Greek καμῖνος, ὁ. on Friday and they entered⁹⁵The bathhouse. and bathed on the Sabbath. They were suspected of filling it with wood on Friday so it would burn continuously on the Sabbath; they forbade them bathing and permitted sweating. They were suspected of coming and bathing but saying “we were sweating.” They forbade bathing and sweating to them. If there were there two basins, one of sweet water⁹⁶Lukewarm water, result of heating. It seems that “salt water” does not mean sea water but cold water, possibly from Lake Genezareth. and one of salt water. They were suspected of uncovering the planks and bathing in sweet water but saying, “we did bathe in salt water;”⁹⁷Here starts another Genizah fragment edited by Ginsberg (pp. 76–79). they forbade them everything. When they were fenced in⁹⁸The people of Tiberias observed all rabbinic “fences around the law.” they continuously permitted them more until they permitted them water in a cave⁹⁹Where there is no danger that it should have been heated artificially on the Sabbath. and the hot springs of Tiberias, but they did not permit bringing towels¹⁰⁰Latin linteum; linen bath towel.. Who permitted the bringing of linen cloths? Rebbi Ḥanina ben Aqabia, as it was stated¹⁰¹The statement appears three times in the Yerushalmi, here, and Eruvin 8 (Note 115), Sukkah 1:9 (52c line 32); in the Babli Eruvin 87a.: Rebbi Ḥanina ben Aqabia permitted three things. He permitted seaweed¹⁰²In the Babli: עֵצָה “wood branches, splinters”. Even though seaweed is naturally wet it is not prepared for impurity (Chapter 1, Note 316) and may be used as insulating material to keep food warm for the Sabbath., he permitted the balcony¹⁰³If a house is built on a lake shore (or sea shore) and a balcony extends over the water, if the floor of the balcony has an opening through which a pail can be lowered into the water he permits to draw water through the opening on the Sabbath even though there is little likelihood that the water drops drawn were below the balcony at the beginning of the Sabbath., and he permitted bringing linen cloths.