If one picks up one end of a long rod (kaneh) and then the other end, without ever lifting the entire rod simultaneously off the ground, is one liable for carrying?

ShabbatCarrying & Transferring

Synopsis

The Talmud holds one exempt since the entire rod was never lifted simultaneously — no complete akirah occurred.

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