Beitzah

MISHNAH. A PEPPER-MILL IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO DEFILEMENT ON ACCOUNT OF [IT CONSISTING OF] THREE [SEPARATE] UTENSILS;1 ON ACCOUNT OF A RECEPTACLE,2 ON ACCOUNT OF A METAL UTENSIL3 AND ON ACCOUNT OF A SIFTING UTENSIL.4 GEMARA. It was taught: The lower part [becomes defiled] as a receptacle; the middle part as a sifting utensil; the upper part as a metal vessel. MISHNAH. A CHILD'S GO-CART IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DEFILEMENT OF MIDRAS,5 AND IT MAY BE HANDLED ON SABBATH,6 AND IT MAY BE PULLED ALONG ONLY ON MAT TING.7 R. JUDAH SAYS: NO ARTICLES MAY BE DRAGGED [ALONG THE FLOOR] EXCEPT A WAGON BECAUSE IT [ONLY] PRESSES8 [THE EARTH] DOWN. GEMARA. A CHILD'S GO-CART IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DEFILEMENT OF MIDRAS, because he [the child] supports himself thereon;9 AND IT MAY BE HANDLED ON SABBATH, because it is considered a utensil; AND IT MAY BE PULLED ALONG ONLY ON MATTING; only on matting but not on the earth. What is the reason? Because he makes a rut [furrow]:10 the author of this is [therefore] R. Judah who says: An unintentional act is forbidden; for if it were R. Simeon, surely he maintains: An unintentional act is permitted; for it was taught: R. Simeon says: A man may drag along a bed, stool or bench [on the floor], provided he has no intention of making a furrow. [But] read the last clause: R. JUDAH SAYS: NOTHING MAY BE DRAGGED [ALONG THE FLOOR] ON THE SABBATH EXCEPT A WAGON BECAUSE IT [ONLY] PRESSES [THE EARTH] DOWN; Only because it presses it down but it does not make a furrow? — There are two Tannaim11 who differ as to the opinion of R. Judah. MISHNAH. ONE MAY NOT CATCH FISH FROM A FISHPOND ON A FESTIVAL12 NOR GIVE THEM FOOD,13 BUT ONE MAY CATCH VENISON OR GAME FROM ANIMAL ENCLOSURES AND ONE MAY PUT FOOD BEFORE THEM. RABBAN SIMEON R. GAMALIEL SAYS: NOT ALL ENCLOSURES ARE ALIKE. THIS IS THE GENERAL RULE: one part became defiled the other parts are not affected. skid and turn up the earth as a plough, and the other holds the wheels only press down the earth but do not make a rut.