May one save coarser bread after having already saved fine bread, or vice versa, from a fire on Shabbat?
Synopsis
The Mechaber rules that if one already saved fine bread, they may not go back to save coarser bread. But the reverse is permitted — saving fine bread after coarser bread.
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