Beitzah

Now if there is [this possibility],1 let him state: If he transgressed and baked it is permissible! — Said R. Adda b. Matena: [The Tanna] teaches a legal remedy; an illegal remedy he does not teach. Come and hear: He who has set an ‘erub tabshilin may bake and cook and store, and if he wishes to eat his ‘erub he is at liberty to do so. If he ate it [the ‘erub] before he had baked [or] before he had stored, then he may not bake nor cook nor store away neither for himself nor for others, nor may others bake or cook for him; but he may cook for the Festival and if he leaves [any thing] he has left it for the Sabbath, provided that he does not [intentionally] resort to an artifice;2 and if he has resorted to all artifice it is forbidden!3 — Said R. Ashi: You speak of all artifice? An artifice is different, for the Rabbis have treated it more rigorously than an intentional transgression. 4 R. Nahman b. Isaac says: This5 represents the opinion of Hananiah and according to Beth Shammai. For it was taught:6 Hananiah says that Beth Shammai maintain: One may bake only if he set an ‘erub of bread, and one may cook only if he set an ‘erub of cooked food, and one may store only if he had already warm water stored on the eve of the Festival; but Beth Hillel affirm: One may set an ‘erub with one dish and prepare all his requirement [in reliance] thereon. 7 Come and hear: He who tithed his fruits on the Sabbath,8 if [he acted] in error he may eat [of them], if deliberately, he may not eat [of them].9 This treats of a case where he has other fruits.10 Come and hear: If one purified his [unclean] vessels on the Sabbath,11 if in error he may use them, if deliberately he may not use them!12 — This treats of a case where he has other vessels, or [the reason may he because] it is possible to borrow [vessels from others]. Come and hear: He who has cooked on the Sabbath, if in error he may eat [of it], if deliberately, he may not eat [of it]!13 — The prohibition with respect to Sabbath is different. 14 BETH SHAMMAI SAY TWO DISHES. Our Mishnah is not in accordance with the following Tanna; for it was taught: R. Simeon b. Eleazar says: Beth Shammai and Beth Hillel agree that two dishes are necessary;15 they differ only about a fish and the egg thereon,16 when Beth Shammai say: Two [separate] dishes [are necessary] and Beth Hillel maintain: [This] one dish [is sufficient]. But they agree that if one crumbles a [hardboiled] egg and puts it inside the fish or if he shreds a head of leek17 and puts it inside the fish, they [count as] two dishes. Rab said: The halachah is according to our Tanna18 [in his representation] of the view of Beth Hillel.19 IF HE ATE IT OR IF IT WERE LOST, HE MAY NOT . . . Abaye said: We have a tradition; if his ‘erub was eaten up after he had begun to prepare the dough he may finish it.20 MISHNAH. IF IT [THE FESTIVAL] FELL ON THE DAY AFTER THE SABBATH, BETH SHAMMAI SAY: ONE MUST IMMERSE EVERYTHING [UNCLEAN] BEFORE THE SABBATH;21 BUT BETH HILLEL MAINTAIN; VESSELS [MUST BE IMMERSED] BEFORE THE SABBATH BUT MEN ON THE SABBATH. THEY AGREE [HOW EVER] THAT ONE MAY EFFECT SURFACE CONTACT FOR [UNCLEAN] WATER IN A STONE VESSEL,22 BUT ONE MAY NOT IMMERSE [IT];23 AND ONE MAY IMMERSE24 [TO CHANGE] FROM ONE INTENTION TO ANOTHER25 OR FROM ONE COMPANY TO ANOTHER.26 GEMARA. All incidentally agree that a vessel may not [be immersed] on a Sabbath: What is the reason? — Said Rabba: It is a preventative measure wholly permitted and set an evil example for others too. may be treated more stringently than deliberate transgression, for the latter is certainly a graver fault intrinsically. applies to an artifice, but our problem is based on Beth Hillel's more lenient ruling. has no other provision. been rigorous in the treatment of such intentional breach. But with respect to cooking on a Festival without an ‘erub, where the prohibition is mere Rabbinical, it is possible that the Rabbis are more lenient and would allow him to eat on the Sabbath. man. immersed until the two waters make contact. Other liquids and foods once unclean cannot be made ritually clean. V. Mik. VI, 8. use them for another purpose which requires higher sanctity, he may immerse the in on the Festival, for the second immersion is not regarded as reconditioning the vessels. V. Hag. II, 6, 7. then determined to join another company which required a higher degree of sanctity, he may immerse again on the Festival itself.