Moed Katan 12

אמר שמואל מקבלי קיבולת בתוך התחום אסור חוץ לתחום מותר

§ Shmuel said: With regard to gentile contractors, who are paid for the completed job rather than by the day, it is prohibited for them to work for a Jew within the boundaries of the Shabbat limit on a day that it is prohibited for the Jew to work. It looks like the Jew assigned work for them to do on that day, even though they in fact make their own schedule. Outside the Shabbat limit, where Jews will not see the work being done, it is permitted.

אמר רב פפא ואפילו חוץ לתחום לא אמרן אלא דליכא מתא דמקרבא להתם אבל איכא מתא דמקרבא להתם אסור

Rav Pappa said: And even outside the Shabbat limit, we said only that it is permissible to let them work when there is no other city in close proximity to there, but if there is another city in close proximity to there, it is prohibited, since the work is likely to be seen by a Jew.

אמר רב משרשיא וכי ליכא מתא דמקרבא להתם נמי לא אמרן אלא בשבתות ובימים טובים דלא שכיחי אינשי דאזלי להתם אבל בחולו של מועד דשכיחי אינשי דאזלי ואתו להתם אסור

Rav Mesharshiyya said: And even when there is no other city in close proximity, we said that it is permissible for gentile contractors to work for a Jew only on Shabbatot and Festivals, when Jewish people do not routinely go there, i.e., to the place where the work is being performed. However, on the intermediate days of a Festival, when Jewish people routinely come and go from there and see the work being done, it is prohibited.

מר זוטרא בריה דרב נחמן בנו ליה אפדנא מקבלי קיבולת חוץ לתחום איקלע רב ספרא ורב הונא בר חיננא ולא עלו לגביה ואיכא דאמרי הוא נמי לא על בגוויה

The Gemara relates about Mar Zutra, son of Rav Naḥman, that gentile contractors built a mansion [apadana] for him outside the Shabbat limit. Rav Safra and Rav Huna bar Ḥinnana happened to come there, but they did not enter it, because it had been built on Shabbat in a prohibited manner. And there are those who say: Even he, Mar Zutra himself, did not enter it.

והאמר שמואל מקבלי קיבולת בתוך התחום אסור חוץ לתחום מותר אדם חשוב שאני ואיכא דאמרי סיועי סייע בתיבנא בהדייהו

The Gemara asks: But didn’t Shmuel say: With regard to gentile contractors, within the boundaries of the Shabbat limit, it is prohibited to let them work on Shabbat, but outside the Shabbat limit it is permitted? The Gemara answers: An important person is different and must behave in a stricter manner. And there are those who say: He provided them with assistance with straw for making the bricks. Consequently, they were not fully independent contractors, and therefore it was prohibited for them to work on Shabbat, even outside the Shabbat limit.

רב חמא שרא להו לאבונגרי דבי ריש גלותא למיעבד להו עבידתא בחולא דמועדא אמר כיון דאגר לא קא שקלי שרשויי הוא דקא משרשו ליה ולית לן בה

The Gemara relates that Rav Ḥama permitted the bath attendants [abunagrei] of the Exilarch’s house to work for them, i.e., the Exilarch and his household, on the intermediate days of a Festival. He said in explanation of this leniency: Since they do not take payment for working during the week of the Festival, they are merely conferring a favor on the Exilarch. Therefore, it is not viewed as actual labor, and we have no problem with it.

תנו רבנן מקבלין קיבולת במועד לעשותה לאחר המועד ובמועד אסור כללו של דבר כל שהוא עושה אומר לגוי ועושה וכל שאינו עושה אינו אומר לגוי ועושה תניא אידך מקבלין קיבולת במועד לעשותה לאחר המועד ובלבד שלא ימדוד ושלא ישקול ושלא ימנה כדרך שהוא עושה בחול

The Sages taught in a baraita: Gentiles may receive contract work on the intermediate days of a Festival in order to execute it after the Festival, but it is prohibited to execute it during the Festival week itself. The principle of the matter is: Any action that a Jew may perform himself, he may tell a gentile to perform, and any action that he may not perform himself, he may not tell a gentile to perform. It is taught in another baraita: A gentile may receive contract work on the intermediate days of a Festival in order to execute it after the Festival, provided that he does not measure, weigh, or count, in order to plan the work, in the same manner as he does on an ordinary weekday.

תנו רבנן אין מרביעין בהמה בחולו של מועד כיוצא בו אין מרביעין בבכור ולא בפסולי המוקדשין

The Sages taught in a baraita: One may not breed an animal, i.e., coax or compel a male to mate with a female, on the intermediate days of a Festival, as this is similar to prohibited labor. Similarly, one may not breed a firstborn animal, nor an unfit consecrated animal. It is prohibited to ever work these animals because of their sanctified status, and breeding them resembles working them.

תניא אידך אין מרביעין בהמה בחולו של מועד רבי יהודה אומר חמורה שתבעה מרביעין עליה זכר בשביל שלא תצטנן ושאר כל הבהמות מכניסין אותן לבקרות

It is taught in another baraita: One may not breed an animal on the intermediate days of a Festival. Rabbi Yehuda says: If a she-donkey yearns for a mate because she is in heat, one may breed her with a male, lest she cool off, i.e., lest her estrus cycle pass without her mating, which will cause a significant loss. With regard to all other animals that are in heat, they are merely brought into corrals in which there are males, there being no need for further human intervention.

תנו רבנן אין מדיירין לא בשבתות ולא בימים טובים ולא בחולו של מועד ואם באו מאליהן מותר

The Sages taught in a baraita: One may not enclose livestock in particular areas of a field, in order to fertilize that area with their manure, on Shabbatot, or on Festivals, or on the intermediate days of a Festival. But if the animals came on their own to the field, it is permitted, and he need not remove them although he benefits from their manure.

ואין מסייעין אותן ואין מוסרין להם שומר לנער את צאנם היה שכיר שבת שכיר חדש שכיר שנה שכיר שבוע מסייעין אותן ומוסרין להם שומר לנער את צאנם רבי אומר בשבת בטובה ביום טוב במזונות במועד בשכר אמר רב יוסף הלכתא כרבי

The baraita continues: And one may not assist gentile shepherds in pasturing their sheep in his field so that it will be fertilized, nor may one provide them with a shepherd to help herd their sheep all around the field so that it is completely fertilized. If the gentile shepherds were hired by the week, by the month, by the year, or by the septennial period, i.e., the seven years from one Sabbatical Year to the next, one may assist them and provide them with a shepherd to herd their sheep. Since they were hired for an extended period of time, it is not as though they were hired specifically for Shabbat or the Festival. Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi says: On Shabbat one may have the gentile pasture the sheep in one’s field as a favor, i.e. in order to earn one’s good graces, but not for pay; on a Festival, it is permitted even in exchange for food; and on the intermediate days of the Festival, it is permitted for pay. Rav Yosef said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi.

מתני׳ וכן מי שהיה יינו בתוך הבור ואירעו אבל או אונס או שהטעוהו זולף וגומר וגף כדרכו דברי רבי יוסי רבי יהודה אומר עושה לו לימודים בשביל שלא יחמיץ

MISHNA: And similarly, with regard to one whose wine was already in the collection pit beside the wine press and needed to be removed lest it sour, and mourning for some close relative or some other unavoidable accident befell him, or his workers misled him, promising to come but failing to do so, during the intermediate days of the Festival he may draw off the wine and complete the process, and then plug each barrel of wine in its usual manner; this is the statement of Rabbi Yosei. Rabbi Yehuda says: He should construct a wooden panel to cover the collection pit so that the wine will not sour.

גמ׳ וצריכא דאי אשמעינן קמייתא בההיא קאמר רבי יוסי משום דמישחא נפיש פסידיה אבל חמרא דלא נפיש פסידיה אימא מודי ליה לרבי יהודה ואי אשמעינן בתרייתא בההיא קאמר רבי יהודה אבל בהך אימא מודה לרבי יוסי צריכא

GEMARA: The Gemara comments: And both this mishna and the previous one (11b), about the olive press, are necessary, as, if the tanna teaches us only the first mishna, one might say that only in that case does Rabbi Yosei say that one is permitted to complete the process, because in the case of oil, the potential loss is considerable. However, in the case of wine, where the loss is not as considerable, one might say that he concedes to Rabbi Yehuda that it must be done in an altered manner. And if he teaches us only the last mishna, one might say that only in that case involving wine did Rabbi Yehuda say that one must be stringent, but in the other case involving oil one might say that he concedes to Rabbi Yosei and is lenient. Therefore, it is necessary to teach both cases.

אמר רב יצחק בר אבא מאן תנא שינוי במועד בדבר האבד דלא כרבי יוסי אמר רב יוסף הלכה כרבי יוסי

Rav Yitzḥak bar Abba said: Who is the tanna who teaches that labor performed during the intermediate days of the Festival must be performed in an altered fashion even with regard to a matter that, if unattended, will result in significant loss? That ruling is not in accordance with Rabbi Yosei’s opinion, as Rabbi Yosei permits one to perform labor that will prevent such a loss even in the usual manner. Rav Yosef said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yosei, and it is permitted in cases of loss to perform labor in the usual manner.

בעו מיניה מרב נחמן בר יצחק מהו למישע חביתא דשיכרא בחולא דמועדא אמר להו סיני אמר הלכה כרבי יוסי אימור דאמר רבי יוסי בחמרא בשיכרא מי אמר

The students asked of Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak: What is thehalakha with regard to sealing a barrel of beer during the intermediate days of the Festival? If it is not properly sealed, the beer will leak out through the sides of the barrel. He said to them: Sinai, i.e., Rav Yosef, said: The halakha is in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yosei. They asked: Say that Rabbi Yosei said that one may be lenient about wine, but about beer does he say the same thing? Beer is much cheaper than wine, and the loss would be much less significant.

חמרא טעמא מאי משום דנפיש פסידיה שיכרא נמי אית בה פסידא דאמר אביי אמרה לי אם בר שית סאוי ושייע מבר תמני ולא שייע

The Gemara explains why no distinction should be made: With regard to wine, what is the reason that Rabbi Yosei was lenient? It is because the loss involved is considerable; with beer as well, there is a loss if the barrel is not properly sealed, as Abaye said: My foster mother told me: It is better to have a barrel of six se’a that is sealed than a barrel of eight se’a that is not sealed, as in the end more beer will remain in the smaller sealed barrel than in the larger unsealed one.

אמר רב חמא בר גוריא אמר רב הלכות מועד כהלכות כותים בהלכה למאי הלכתא אמר רב דניאל בר קטינא אמר רב לומר שהן עקורות ואין למידות זו מזו

§ Rav Ḥama bar Gurya said that Rav said: The halakhot relating to the intermediate days of a Festival resemble the halakhot relating to the Samaritans in the halakha. The Gemara asks: With regard to what aspect of the halakha are they similar? Rav Daniel bar Ketina said that Rav said: He meant to convey that they are sterile, and one may not learn further halakhot by extrapolation one from one another in both of these areas of halakha.

דאמר שמואל זופתין כוזתא ואין זופתין חביתא רב דימי מנהרדעא אמר זופתין חביתא ואין זופתין כוזתא מר חייש לפסידא ומר חייש לטירחא

The Gemara offers an example: For instance, Shmuel said: One may seal a jug with pitch, but one may not seal a barrel with pitch on the intermediate days of a Festival. Rav Dimi from Neharde’a said: One may seal a barrel with pitch, but one may not seal a small jug with pitch. Their reasoning is as follows: This Sage, i.e., Rav Dimi, was more concerned about possible financial loss, and so he permitted sealing the larger vessel, for which the potential for loss is great, but not the smaller one. And this Sage, i.e., Shmuel was concerned about unnecessary exertion on the Festival, and therefore he permitted sealing the smaller vessel, which requires less effort.

אמר אביי נקטינן הלכות מועד כהלכות שבת

Abaye stated a different principle: We have a tradition that the halakhot of the intermediate days of a Festival are like the halakhot of Shabbat:

יש מהן פטור אבל אסור ויש מהן מותר לכתחלה

Some of the actions for which one is exempt by Torah law are nevertheless prohibited, and some of them are permitted ab initio.

רב הונא חצדו ליה חצדא במועדא איתיביה רבה בר רב הונא לרב הונא טוחנין קמח במועד לצורך המועד ושלא לצורך המועד אסור דבר שאבוד במועד מותר לעשותו במועד דבר שאינו אבוד במועד אסור

§ The Gemara relates that Rav Huna had his crop harvested for him on the intermediate days of a Festival. Rabba bar Rav Huna raised an objection to his father Rav Huna from a baraita: One may grind flour on the intermediate days of a Festival for the sake of the Festival, but if it is not for the sake of the Festival, it is prohibited. With regard to a matter that, if unattended, will result in significant loss on the Festival, it is permitted to perform labor to prevent that loss on the intermediate days of the Festival. For a matter that will not result in loss if unattended during the intermediate days of the Festival, it is prohibited to perform labor.

במה דברים אמורים בתלושין מן הקרקע אבל מחובר לקרקע אפילו כולו אבוד אסור ואם אין לו מה יאכל קוצר ומעמר ודש וזורה ובורר וטוחן ובלבד שלא ידוש בפרות

In what case is this statement said? In the case of crops that are already detached from the ground, but in the case of crops that are still attached to the ground, even if it all will be lost, labor is prohibited during the intermediate days of the a Festival. And if one does not have anything to eat, then he may reap and bind sheaves, and thresh, and winnow the grain in the wind, and separate the grain from the chaff, and grind the grain into flour, provided that he does not thresh with cows, the way that threshing is performed on an ordinary weekday. Why, then, did Rav Huna, who certainly had enough to eat, allow his workers to reap the field during the Festival week?

אמר ליה יחידאה היא ולא סבירא לן כוותיה דתניא כלל אמר רבן שמעון בן גמליאל משום רבי יוסי דבר התלוש מן הקרקע אפילו מקצתו אבוד מותר והמחובר לקרקע אפילו כולו אבוד אסור

Rav Huna said to his son: The opinion expressed in this unattributed baraita is an individual opinion, and we do not hold in accordance with it; as it is taught in a different baraita: Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel stated a principle in the name of Rabbi Yosei: In the case of an item that is already detached from the ground, even if only a portion of it will be lost by not working during the Festival, it is permitted to perform labor to prevent the loss, whereas for crops that are still attached to the ground, even if all of them will be lost, it is prohibited to perform labor for them. The opinion that all labor is prohibited for crops that have not yet been harvested is the opinion of an individual authority, Rabbi Yosei, with whom the Rabbis disagree.

ואי רבי יוסי ידוש נמי בפרות הא אמר רב יצחק בר אבא מאן תנא שינוי במועד בדבר האבד דלא כרבי יוסי

The Gemara asks: But if the unattributed baraita reflects the opinion of Rabbi Yosei, and it is permitted to work when one has nothing to eat, let him thresh even with cows. Didn’t Rav Yitzḥak bar Abba say: Who is the tanna who taught that labor performed on the intermediate days of a Festival must be done in an altered manner even with regard to a matter that will involve a loss if unattended? It is not in accordance with the opinion of Rabbi Yosei, as Rabbi Yosei does not require altering the manner in which one performs the labor. Why, then, does the baraita say that the threshing must be done in an altered manner and not with cows?

אמר לך הכא נמי כיון דכל יומא לאו בפרות דיישי האידנא נמי לאו שינוי הוא

The Gemara rejects this argument: Rabbi Yosei could have said to you: Here, too, since one does not always thresh with cows, threshing without them now on the intermediate days of the Festival is also not considered threshing in an altered manner. The prohibition against threshing with cows is not because one must perform that labor in an altered manner but in order to avoid attracting public attention to the fact that one is working during the Festival week.

תנו רבנן טוחנין במועד לצורך המועד ושלא לצורך המועד אסור ואם טחן והותיר הרי זה מותר קוצצין עצים במועד לצורך המועד ושלא לצורך המועד אסור ואם קצץ והותיר הרי זה מותר

The Sages taught in a baraita: One may grind flour on the intermediate days of a Festival for the sake of the Festival, but if it is not for the sake of the Festival, it is prohibited. And if he ground and left some flour over, it is permitted for use after the Festival. Similarly, one may cut down trees on the intermediate days of a Festival for the sake of the Festival, but if it is not for the sake of the Festival it is prohibited. And if he cut down trees for the Festival and left some wood over, it is permitted for use after the Festival.

מטילין שכר במועד לצורך המועד ושלא לצורך המועד אסור ואם הטיל והותיר הרי זה מותר ובלבד שלא יערים

The baraita continues: One may brew beer on the intermediate days of a Festival for the sake of the Festival, but if it is not for the sake of the Festival, it is prohibited. And if he brewed beer for the sake of the Festival and left some over, it is permitted for use after the Festival provided that he does not employ an artifice, exploiting the allowance to work on a Festival by knowingly making more than was needed.

ורמינהו מטילין שכר במועד לצורך המועד ושלא לצורך המועד אסור אחד שכר תמרים ואחד שכר שעורים ואף על פי שיש לו ישן מערים ושותה מן החדש תנאי היא דתניא אין מערימין בכך רבי יוסי בר יהודה אומר מערימין

The Gemara raises a contradiction from a baraita: One may brew beer on the intermediate days of a Festival for the sake of the Festival, but if it is not for the sake of the Festival, it is prohibited. This applies both to date beer and to barley beer. And even though he has old beer, he may employ an artifice and drink from the new beer, i.e., he may say he prefers new beer and brew a new batch, although he has enough old beer for the Festival. This statement contradicts the previous baraita that prohibited circumventing the prohibition against labor through artifice. The Gemara answers: This matter is a dispute between tanna’im, as it is taught in a baraita: One may not employ an artifice in this regard, i.e., to circumvent the prohibition against labor during the intermediate days of a Festival. Rabbi Yosei bar Yehuda says: One may employ an artifice.

רב חצדו ליה חצדא בחולא דמועדא שמע שמואל איקפד לימא שמואל כיחידאה סבירא ליה לא חצדא דחיטי הוה דלא הוה פסיד

§ The Gemara relates that Rav had his crop harvested on the intermediate days of a Festival. Shmuel heard about this and was dismayed. The Gemara asks: Shall we say that Shmuel holds in accordance with the individual opinion of Rabbi Yosei, who prohibits all labor for crops that are attached to the ground, even if inattention will result in significant loss? The Gemara answers: No, it was a crop of wheat, which would not have been ruined had the harvest been pushed off a week, and therefore Shmuel was offended.

ורב מאי טעמא עביד הכי אין לו מה יאכל הוה ושמואל לא סיימוה קמיה אי נמי אדם חשוב שאני

The Gemara asks: What is the reason that Rav acted in this manner? The Gemara answers: Rav is in the category of one who does not have anything to eat, and that is why it was permitted to harvest his crops. The Gemara asks: And why, then, did Shmuel disapprove? The Gemara explains: The people who reported Rav’s actions to Shmuel did not complete the story for him. Alternatively, an important person such as Rav is different, and Shmuel thought Rav should have been stringent even in his difficult circumstances.

רבי יהודה נשיאה נפק בחומרתא דמדושא ואשתי מיא דאחים קפילא ארמאה שמע רבי אמי איקפד אמר רב יוסף מאי טעמא איקפד אי משום חומרתא דמדושא הא תניא השירין הנזמים והטבעות הרי הן ככל הכלים הניטלין בחצר

It was further related that Rabbi Yehuda Nesia once went out on Shabbat with a coral seal [ḥumreta] on his ring and drank water heated by a gentile cook. Rabbi Ami heard about this and was dismayed about both things. Rav Yosef said: What is the reason that he was dismayed? If it was because of the coral seal, isn’t it taught in a baraita: Bracelets, nose rings, and rings are like all other utensils that may be carried in a courtyard? Therefore, Rabbi Yehuda Nesia’s action conformed to halakha.

אי משום דאישתי מיא דאחים קפילא ארמאה הא אמר שמואל בר יצחק אמר רב כל שנאכל כמות שהוא חי אין בו משום בישולי גוים אדם חשוב שאני

And if Rabbi Ami was dismayed because Rabbi Yehuda Nesia drank water heated by a gentile cook [kapeila], didn’t Shmuel bar Yitzḥak say that Rav said: With regard to anything that is eaten raw, like water, even if it was cooked by a gentile, it is not subject to the prohibition against eating food cooked by gentiles? The Gemara resolves both difficulties: An important person is different, and Rabbi Ami believed that Rabbi Yehuda Nesia should have been more stringent.

אמר רב חננאל אמר רב קוצץ אדם דקל במועד אף על פי שאינו צריך אלא לנסורת שלו לייט עלה אביי

Rav Ḥananel said that Rav said: A person may chop down a palm tree on the intermediate days of a Festival, although he needs only its sawdust. The Gemara comments: Abaye cursed it, i.e., the behavior of one who exerts such effort on the Festival for so small a need.

רב אשי הוה ליה אבא בשלנייא אזל למיקצייה בחולא דמועדא אמר ליה רב שילא משלנייא לרב אשי מאי דעתיך דקאמר רב חננאל אמר רב קוצץ אדם דקל במועד אף על פי שאינו צריך אלא לנסורת שלו הא לייט עלה אביי אמר ליה לא שמיע לי כלומר לא סבירא לי אישתמיט נרגא בעי למיפסקיה לשקיה שבקיה והדר אתא

The Gemara relates that Rav Ashi had a forest [ava] in Shelaniya. He went to cut it down on the intermediate days of the Festival. Rav Sheila from Shelaniya said to Rav Ashi: What is your opinion about what you are doing? Do you rely on that which Rav Ḥananel said that Rav said: A person may chop down a palm tree on the intermediate days of a Festival even though he needs only its sawdust? Didn’t Abaye curse such behavior? Rav Ashi said to him: I did not hear that Abaye said that; that is to say, in a delicate way, I do not hold in accordance with his opinion. The iron of Rav Ashi’s ax then slipped and was about to cut off his leg. He left it, ceasing his chopping, and came back again to chop down the forest only after the Festival.

רב יהודה שרא למיעקר כיתנא ולמיקטל כשותא ולמיעקר שומשמי אמר ליה אביי לרב יוסף בשלמא כיתנא חזי לחפיפה כשותא חזי לשיכרא אלא שומשמי למאי חזי חזי לנזיי דאית בהו

The Gemara relates that Rav Yehuda permitted uprooting flax, cutting hops, and uprooting sesame plants on the intermediate days of a Festival. Abaye said to Rav Yosef: Granted, this is reasonable in the case of flax, which is suitable for use as a cover [ḥafifa] for various objects and therefore has a use even during the Festival, and so too hops, which are suitable for making beer, but for what are sesame plants suitable, since the sesame seeds require a long drying period before oil can be extracted from them? Rav Yosef said to him: They are suitable for the seeds [nazyei] on them, which can be consumed immediately.

רבי ינאי הוה ליה ההוא פרדיסא דמטא זמניה בחולא דמועדא קטפיה לשנה שהיוה כולי עלמא לפרדיסייהו לחולא דמועדא אפקריה רבי ינאי לפרדיסיה ההוא שתא

It was further mentioned that Rabbi Yannai had an orchard whose time for harvesting the fruit arrived during the intermediate days of the Festival. He harvested it during the Festival, as the fruit would otherwise have spoiled. The following year, everyone delayed the harvest of their orchards until the intermediate days of the Festival. Rabbi Yannai declared the earnings from his orchard ownerless that year, since his harvesting of his fruit provided a misleading example for the public, causing many people to adopt an inappropriate leniency.

מתני׳ מכניס אדם פירותיו מפני הגנבים ושולה פשתנו מן המשרה בשביל שלא תאבד ובלבד שלא יכוין את מלאכתו במועד וכולן אם כוונו מלאכתן במועד יאבדו

MISHNA: A person may bring his fruit in from the field on the intermediate days of the Festival because he is concerned about thieves, and he may draw his flax out of the soaking pool so that it is not ruined from soaking too long in the water, provided that he does not plan from the outset to perform his work on the intermediate days of the Festival. And with regard to all of these cases, if one planned from the outset to perform his labor on the intermediate days of the Festival, the fruit of that labor must be lost and no benefit may be derived from it.

גמ׳ תנא ובלבד שיכניסם בצנעא לתוך ביתו

GEMARA: It is taught in a baraita that one may bring in crops out of concern for thieves, provided that he brings them into his house discreetly.

רב יוסף הוה ליה כשורי עיילינהו ביממא

The Gemara relates: Rav Yosef had wooden beams, which he brought into his house during the day on one of the intermediate days of a Festival.

אמר ליה אביי והתניא ובלבד שיכניסם בצנעא בתוך ביתו אמר ליה צנעא דהני יממא הוא כיון דבליליא בעו גברא יתירי ובעו מדוכרי דנורא אוושא מילתא

Abaye said to him: But isn’t it taught in a baraita: One may bring in items provided that he brings them into his house discreetly? Rav Yosef said to him: Discretion with respect to these beams is moving them during the day, since at night more people are required, and also torchbearers [medokhrei denura] are needed, and the matter would be more noticeable.

ושולה פשתנו מן המשרה כו׳ בעי מיניה רבי ירמיה מרבי זירא כוון מלאכתו במועד ומת מהו שיקנסו בניו אחריו

The mishna states: And he may draw his flax out of the soaking pool so that it is not ruined from soaking too long in the water, provided that he does not plan from the outset to do his work on the intermediate days of the Festival. And with regard to anyone, if he planned from the outset to perform his labor on the intermediate days of the Festival, the fruit of that labor must be destroyed. Rabbi Yirmeya asked Rabbi Zeira: If one planned from the outset to perform his labor on the intermediate days of a Festival, and he died after doing so, what is the halakha? Should his children be penalized after him and have to lose the products of their father’s labor?

אם תימצי לומר

Even if you might say that