which is not so

<<with an egg!

He said to him:

<<I

<<like the Nehardeans

<<hold,

<<who say:

<<also

<<with an egg.

<<And what is

<<your thinking?

<<Perhaps

<<they will make full

<<Elul?

<<But Rav Chinana bar Kahana said:

<<from the days of

<<Ezra

<<onward

<<not

<<have we found

<<Elul

<<full.

‘And one may not

<<bake

<<loaves

<<thick,

<<only

<<thin ones.’

<<The Rabbis taught:

<<Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<one may not

<<bake

<<bread

<<that is thick

<<on Pesach;

<<and Beis Hillel

<<permit.

<<And how much is

<<bread

<<that is thick?

<<Rav Huna said:

<<a handbreadth,

<<for so

<<we have found

<<with the showbread:

<<a handbreadth.

Objected to it

<<Rav Yosef:

<<if

<<they said [so]

<<of careful [kohanim],

<<will they say [so]

<<of those who are not

<<careful?

<<If

<<they said [so]

<<of bread

<<that is kneaded well,

<<will they say [so]

<<of bread

<<that is not

<<kneaded well?

If

<<they said [so]

<<with wood

<<that is dry,

<<will they say [so]

<<with wood

<<that is moist?

<<If

<<they said [so]

<<with an oven

<<that is hot,

<<will they say [so]

<<with an oven

<<that is cool?

<<If

<<they said [so]

<<with an oven

<<of

<<metal,

<<will they say [so]

<<with an oven

<<of

<<earthenware?

Rav Yirmeya bar Abba said:

<<I asked

<<my Master

<<privately —

<<and who is he?

<<Rav —

<<what is

<<bread

<<that is thick?

<<Bread

<<in a large quantity.

Some say:

<<Rav Yirmeya bar Abba said in the name of Rav:

<<I asked

<<my Master

<<privately —

<<and who is he?

<<our holy Rabbi —

<<what is

<<bread

<<that is thick?

<<Bread

<<in a large quantity.

<<And why

<<do they call it

<<bread

<<that is thick?

<<Because

<<it is great

<<in kneading.

<<Alternatively,

<<in the place

<<of this

<<tanna,

<<bread

<<in a large quantity

<<‘bread

<<that is thick’

<<they call it.

Now,

<<because

<<he exerts

<<effort

<<that is not

<<needed

<<it is,

<<why specifically

<<Pesach?

<<Even

<<on the other

<<festivals

<<too!

<<Yes, so it is,

<<and the tanna

<<with the Yom Tov

<<of Pesach

<<is concerned.

<<It is taught

<<also

<<so:

<<Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<one may not

<<bake

<<bread

<<in a large quantity

<<on Yom Tov;

<<and Beis Hillel

<<permit.

MISHNAH:

<<Also

<<he

<<said

<<three

<<things

<<leniently:

<<one may sweep

<<the dining area,

<<and place

<<incense

<<on Yom Tov,

<<and prepare

<<a kid

<<roasted whole

<<on the nights of

<<Pesach.

<<And the Sages

<<prohibit.

GEMARA:

<<Rav Assi said:

<<the dispute is

<<to perfume [garments];

<<but

<<to scent [the air],

<<all agree

<<it is permitted.

They raised an objection:

<<one may not

<<sweep

<<the dining area

<<on Yom Tov,

<<but those of

<<the house of Rabban Gamliel

<<would sweep.

<<Rabbi Eliezer bar Tzadok said:

<<times

<<many

<<I entered

<<after

<<my father

<<to the house of Rabban Gamliel,

<<and they did not

<<sweep

<<the dining area

<<on Yom Tov;

<<rather,

<<they would sweep

<<them

<<on the eve of Yom Tov

<<and spread

<<over them

<<sheets.

<<The next day,

<<when the guests

<<entered,

<<they would remove

<<the sheets,

<<and there would be

<<the house

<<swept

<<by itself.

<<They said to him:

<<if so,

<<even

<<on Shabbos

<<it is permitted

<<to do

<<so.

And one may not

<<place

<<incense

<<on Yom Tov,

<<but those of

<<the house of Rabban Gamliel

<<would place [it].

<<Rabbi Eliezer bar Tzadok said:

<<times

<<many

<<I entered

<<after

<<my father

<<to the house of Rabban Gamliel,

<<and they did not

<<place

<<incense

<<on Yom Tov;

<<rather,

<<they would bring

<<vessels

<<of

<<iron

<<and fill with smoke

<<them

<<on the eve of Yom Tov,

<<and stop up

<<their holes

<<on the eve of Yom Tov.

<<The next day,

<<when the guests

<<entered,

<<they would open

<<their holes,

<<and there would be

<<the house

<<perfumed

<<by itself.

They said to him:

<<if so,

<<even

<<on Shabbos

<<it is permitted

<<to do

<<so.

Rather,

<<if

<<it was stated,

<<thus

<<it was stated:

<<Rav Assi said:

<<the dispute is

<<to scent [the air];

<<but

<<to perfume [garments]

<<it is prohibited.

It was asked of them:

<<what is [the law]

<<to fumigate [fruit]?

<<Rav Yirmeya bar Abba

<<Rav said:

<<it is prohibited;

<<and Shmuel

<<said:

<<it is permitted.

<<Rav Huna

<<said:

<<it is prohibited,

<<because

<<he extinguishes.

<<Rav Nachman said to him:

<<then let say

<<the Master:

<<because

<<he kindles!

<<He said to him:

<<at first

<<he extinguishes

<<and afterward

<<he kindles.

Rav Yehuda said:

<<on top of

<<a coal

<<it is prohibited.