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מר סבר: גזרינן ציר באמצע אטו ציר מן הצד, ומר סבר: לא גזרינן.
One Sage, Beit Shammai, holds that we issue a decree and prohibit a hinge in the middle due to a hinge on the side; and one Sage, Beit Hillel, holds that we do not issue this decree. Since placing a hinge of this type does not constitute the prohibited labor of building, it is permitted.
מתני׳ בית שמאי אומרים: אין מוציאין לא את הקטן, ולא את הלולב, ולא את ספר תורה לרשות הרבים, ובית הלל מתירין.
Mishnah: Beit Shammai say: One may carry out on a Festival neither a minor child, nor a lulav, nor a Torah Scroll into the public domain, as none of these are required for the preparation of food; and Beit Hillel permit it.
גמ׳ תני תנא קמיה דרבי יצחק בר אבדימי: השוחט עולת נדבה ביום טוב — לוקה.
Talmud: The tanna who reviews mishnayot teaches a baraita before Rav Yitzḥak bar Avdimi: One who slaughters a gift offering on a Festival is flogged for transgressing the prohibition: “No manner of work should be done on them” (Exodus 12:16). Since this slaughtering was not performed for the purpose of eating, the action constitutes a prohibited labor on a Festival.
אמר ליה: דאמר לך מני — בית שמאי היא, דאמרי: לא אמרינן מתוך שהותרה הוצאה לצורך — הותרה נמי שלא לצורך. דאי בית הלל, הא אמרי: מתוך שהותרה הוצאה לצורך — הותרה נמי שלא לצורך. הכא נמי, מתוך שהותרה שחיטה לצורך — הותרה נמי שלא לצורך.
Rav Yitzḥak bar Avdimi said to that tanna: Who could have said this baraita to you? It is evidently in accordance with the opinion of Beit Shammai, who say that we do not say: Since carrying out was permitted on a Festival for the purpose of food preparation, it was also permitted not for that purpose. For if you say the baraita is accordance with the opinion of Beit Hillel, they say: Since carrying out was permitted for the requirements of food preparation, it was also permitted not for these requirements. Here, too, with regard to the prohibited labor of slaughtering, since slaughter was permitted for the requirements of food preparation, it was also permitted not for these requirements. It was permitted for any purpose that benefits people, whether directly or indirectly.
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