on top of

<<earthenware

<<it is permitted.

And Rabba

<<said:

<<on top of

<<earthenware

<<too

<<it is prohibited,

<<because

<<he generates

<<a scent.

<<Rabba

<<and Rav Yosef

<<say

<<both:

<<to overturn

<<a cup [of perfume]

<<on silk garments

<<on Yom Tov

<<is prohibited.

<<What is the reason?

<<Because

<<he generates

<<a scent.

And what

<<is different

<<from rubbing it

<<and smelling

<<it,

<<or snapping it off

<<and smelling

<<it?

<<There,

<<the scent

<<at least

<<exists,

<<and adding

<<it is

<<that he adds

<<scent;

<<here,

<<generating

<<it is

<<that he generates

<<scent.

<<Rava

<<said:

<<on top of

<<a coal

<<too

<<it is permitted,

<<just as it is

<<with meat

<<on coals.

Expounded

<<Rav Geviha of Bei Kesil

<<at the entrance

<<of the house of

<<the Exilarch:

<<kittura

<<is permitted.

<<Ameimar said to him:

<<What is

<<‘kittura’?

<<If

<<kittura [is making incense],

<<in the hands of

<<craftsman's work

<<it is;

<<and if

<<to fumigate,

<<it is prohibited,

<<for

<<he extinguishes!

<<Rav Ashi said to him:

<<actually,

<<to fumigate,

<<just as it is

<<with meat

<<on coals.

Some say:

<<Ameimar said to him:

<<What is

<<‘kittura’?

<<If

<<kittura [is making incense],

<<in the hands of

<<craftsman's work

<<it is;

<<if

<<to fumigate,

<<it is prohibited,

<<for he generates

<<a scent!

<<Rav Ashi said:

<<I

<<said it

<<to him,

<<and in the name

<<of a man

<<great

<<I said it

<<to him:

<<actually,

<<to fumigate,

<<and it is just as it is

<<with meat

<<on coals.

‘And one may prepare

<<a kid

<<roasted whole.’

<<It is taught:

<<Rabbi Yosei

<<says:

<<Todos

<<the man of

<<Rome

<<accustomed

<<the people of

<<Rome

<<to eat

<<a kid

<<roasted whole

<<on the nights of

<<Pesach.

<<They sent to him:

<<were it not that

<<Todos

<<you are,

<<we would decree

<<upon you

<<excommunication,

<<for you

<<feed

<<the children of Israel

<<sacred offerings

<<outside [the Temple].

Sacred offerings —

<<can that enter your mind?!

<<Rather,

<<say:

<<similar to

<<sacred offerings.

MISHNAH:

<<Three

<<things

<<Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya

<<permits

<<and the Sages

<<prohibit:

<<his cow

<<may go out

<<with a strap

<<that is between

<<its horns;

and one may curry

<<an animal

<<on Yom Tov;

<<and one may grind

<<pepper

<<in a mill

<<of its own.

Rabbi Yehuda

<<says:

<<one may not

<<curry

<<an animal

<<on Yom Tov,

<<because

<<he makes

<<a wound,

<<but

<<one may comb.

<<And the Sages

<<say:

<<one may not

<<curry,

<<and

<<not

<<comb either.

GEMARA:

<<Is that to say

<<that Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya

<<one

<<cow

<<had?

<<But did not Rav say—

<<and some say

<<Rav Yehuda said in the name of Rav:

<<thirteen

<<thousand

<<calves

<<would tithe

<<Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya

<<from his herd

<<every single year!

<<It was taught:

<<not

<<his

<<was it,

<<but

<<that of

<<his neighbor

<<it was;

<<and since

<<he did not

<<protest

<<to her,

<<it is called

<<by his name.

‘And one may curry

<<an animal

<<on Yom Tov.’

<<The Rabbis taught:

<<what is

<<currying,

<<and what is

<<combing?

<<Currying —

<<[teeth that are] small

<<and make

<<a wound;

<<combing —

<<[teeth that are] large

<<and do not

<<make

<<a wound.

And three

<<positions

<<are in the matter:

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<holds:

<<an act

<<that is unintended

<<is prohibited.

<<However,

<<currying —

<<small [teeth],

<<and they make

<<a wound;

<<combing —

<<large [teeth],

<<and they do not

<<make

<<a wound;

<<and not

<<do we decree

<<combing

<<because of

<<currying.

And the Rabbis

<<hold

<<also

<<like Rabbi Yehuda:

<<an act

<<that is unintended

<<is prohibited;

<<and we decree

<<combing

<<because of

<<currying.

<<And Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya

<<holds

<<like Rabbi Shimon,

<<who said:

<<an act

<<that is unintended

<<is permitted;

<<both

<<currying

<<and

<<combing

<<are permitted.

Rava said in the name of Rav Nachman in the name of Shmuel—

<<and some say

<<Rav Nachman said

<<alone:

<<the halacha is

<<like Rabbi Shimon,

<<for

<<Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya

<<agrees

<<with him.

<<Rava said to Rav Nachman:

<<then let say

<<the Master:

<<the halacha is

<<like Rabbi Yehuda,

<<for

<<the Sages

<<agree

<<with him!

<<He said to him:

<<I

<<like Rabbi Shimon

<<hold,

<<and moreover,

<<for

<<Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya

<<agrees

<<with him.