Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat 15:1

משנה: אֵילּוּ קְשָׁרִים שֶׁחַייָבִין עֲלֵיהֶן קֶשֶׁר הַגַּמָּלִין וְקֶשֶׁר הַסַּפָּנִים. וּכְשֵׁם שֶׁהוּא חַייָב עַל קִשֻּׁרָן כָּךְ הוּא חַייַב עַל הֶתֵּירָן. רִבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר כָּל־קֶשֶׁר שֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל לְהַתִּירוֹ בְיָדוֹ אַחַת אֵין חַייָבִין עָלָיו: MISHNAH: The following are the knots for which one is liable: a camel driver’s knot¹The camel driver walks in front of the camels and leads them by a rope. The rope is tied through the camel’s nose. Since this is a major operation it is done once only; the knot is permanent. and a mariner’s knot²The knots which belong to the permanent rigging of the ship.. Just as one is liable for knotting them so he is liable for untying them. Rebbi Meїr says, one is never liable for a knot which one can untie with one hand.

הלכה: אֵילּוּ קְשָׁרִים כול׳. מַה קְשִׁירָה הָֽיְתָה בַמִּשְׁכָּן. שֶׁהָיוּ קוֹשְׁרִין אֶת הַמֵּיתָרִים. וְלֹא לְשָׁעָה הָֽיְתָה. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵה. מִכֵּיוָן שֶׁהָיוּ נוֹסְעִין וְחוֹנִין עַל פִּי הַדִּיבֵּר כְּמִי שֶׁהִיא לְעוֹלָם. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי בֵּירִבִּי בּוּן. מִכֵּיוָן שֶׁהִבְטִיחָן הַמָּקוֹם שֶׁהוּא מַכְנִיסָן לָאָרֶץ כְּמִי שֶׁהוּא לְשָׁעָה. אָמַר רִבִּי פִינְחָס. מִתּוֹפְרֵי יְרִיעוֹת לָֽמְדוּ. נִפְסַק הָיָה קוֹשְׁרוֹ. חָזַר וְנִפְסַק. לַעֲשׂוֹתָן קְשָׁרִים קְשָׁרִים אֵי אֶיפְשַׁר. אֶלָּא חוֹזֵר וּמַתִּיר אֶת הָרִאשׁוֹן. אָמַר רִבִּי חִזְקִיָּה. הָהֵן חַייָטָא אוֹמָנָא מְבַלֵּעַ תְּרֵין רֵישֶׁיהָ. וְהֵייְדָא אָֽמְרָה דָא. דְּאָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי בֶּן חֲנִינָא. מֵאוֹרְגֵי יְרִיעוֹת לָֽמְדוּ. מַה טַעַם. אֹרֶךְ הַיְרִיעָ֣ה הָֽאַחַ֗ת. כְּדֵי שֶׁתְּהֵא כוּלָּהּ אַחַת. נִפְסַק הָיָה קוֹשְׁרוֹ. מִכֵּיוָן שֶׁהָיָה מַגִּיעַ לָאָרִיג הֲוָה שָׁרִי לֵהּ וּמְעִיל לֵהּ. רִבִּי תַנְחוּמָא בְשֵׁם רַב חוּנָא. אֲפִילוּ עָרֶב שֶׂבָּהּ לֹא הָיָה בוֹ לֹא קֶשֶׁר וְלֹא תִייָמֶת. HALAKHAH: “The following are the knots,” etc. ¹²All this is in Shabbat 7:2:46-47" href="/Jerusalem_Talmud_Shabbat.7.2.46-47">Chapter 7, Notes 394–408. What tying was in the Tabernacle? They were tying down the ropes. But was this not temporary? Rebbi Yose says, because they were travelling and camping by the Word, was it not permanent? Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, since the Holy One, praise to Him, has promised them that he will bring them into the Land, it is as if it were temporary. Rebbi Phineas said, they learned it from the gobelin needle-workers. If a thread broke, he was tying it. If it broke again, it was impossible to make many knots but he would untie the first one. Rebbi Ḥizqiah said, an expert tailor merges the two heads. And where was this said? As Rebbi Yose ben Ḥanina said, they learned it from the weavers of the gobelins. What is the reason? The length of one gobelin, that it should be an entity. If [a thread] broke, he was tying it. When he came to the weave, he untied it and brought it in. Rebbi Tanḥuma in the name of Rav Ḥuna: Even on its warp there was neither knot nor connection.

תַּנֵּי רִבּי הוֹשַׁעְיָא. חוֹתֶל שֶׁלְתְּמָרִים וְפַּטֶילַּייָא שֶׁלְתְּמָרִים קוֹרֵעַ וּמַתִּיר. וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יִקְשׁוֹר. Rebbi Hoshaia stated, a basket of palm leaves for dates or a plate of palm leaves one may tear and open, only one may not tie.