passing

<<the knife

<<over the mouth

<<of a basket,

<<and I said to him:

<<to sharpen it

<<is doing

<<the master,

<<or

<<to remove

<<its grease?

<<And he said to me:

<<to remove

<<its grease.

<<And I saw

<<his intent,

<<that to sharpen it

<<he was doing [it],

<<and he holds:

<<it is the halacha,

<<but one does not

<<instruct

<<so.

And Abaye said:

<<I was standing

<<before

<<the master [Rabba],

<<and he was

<<passing

<<a knife

<<over the edge

<<of a millstone,

<<and I said to him:

<<to sharpen it

<<does want

<<the master,

<<or

<<to remove

<<its grease?

<<And he said to me:

<<to remove

<<its grease.

<<And I saw

<<his intent,

<<that to sharpen it

<<he was doing [it],

<<and he holds:

<<it is the halacha,

<<but one does not

<<instruct

<<so.

A dilemma was raised before them:

<<what is [the law]

<<to show

<<a knife

<<to a Sage

<<on Yom Tov?

<<Rav Mari, son of Rav Bizna,

<<permits,

<<and the Rabbis

<<prohibit.

<<And Rav Yosef

<<said:

<<a Torah scholar

<<examines [it]

<<for himself

<<and lends it

<<to others.

And Rav Yosef said:

<<a knife

<<that became dull —

<<it is permitted

<<to sharpen it

<<on Yom Tov.

<<And this applies

<<where

<<it cuts

<<with

<<difficulty.

Expounded

<<Rav Chisda,

<<and some say

<<Rav Yosef:

<<whether

<<a knife

<<that became notched,

<<or

<<a spit

<<that became bent,

<<or

<<sweeping out

<<an oven

<<and a stove

<<on Yom Tov —

<<we have come

<<to the dispute of

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<and the Rabbis.

<<As it is taught:

<<there is no difference between

<<Yom Tov

<<and Shabbos

<<except

<<food preparation

<<alone.

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<permits

<<even

<<the preparations for

<<food preparation.

What is the reason

<<of the first tanna?

<<The verse states:

<<“That

<<alone

<<may be done

<<for you.”

<<“That,”

<<and not

<<its preparations.

<<And Rabbi Yehuda —

<<the verse states:

<<“for you”:

<<for you,

<<for all

<<your needs.

And the first tanna,

<<but

<<it is written

<<“for you”?

<<He could say to you:

<<that

<<“for you”

<<and not

<<for gentiles.

And the other

<<as well,

<<but

<<it is written

<<“that”?

<<He could say to you:

<<it is written

<<“that,”

<<and it is written

<<“for you,”

<<and it is not a difficulty:

<<here

<<with preparations

<<that are possible

<<to do

<<on the eve of Yom Tov;

<<here

<<with preparations

<<that are not possible

<<to do

<<on the eve of Yom Tov.

Rav Yehuda said in the name of Shmuel:

<<a spit

<<that became bent —

<<it is prohibited

<<to fix it

<<on Yom Tov.

<<Obviously!

<<It is necessary only

<<that even though

<<it straightens

<<by hand.

And Rav Yehuda said in the name of Shmuel:

<<a spit

<<on which they roasted

<<meat —

<<it is prohibited

<<to move it

<<on Yom Tov.

<<Rav Adda bar Ahava

<<Rav Malkiyu said:

<<he slides it out

<<and places it

<<in a corner.

Rav Chiya bar Ashi said in the name of Rav Huna:

<<and that is

<<where there is

<<on it

<<an olive's bulk of

<<meat.

<<Ravina

<<said:

<<even though

<<there is not

<<on it

<<meat,

<<it is permitted

<<to move it,

<<just as with

<<a thorn

<<in the public domain.

Rav Chinena, son of Rav Ika said:

<<the spit,

<<maidservants,

<<and pits —

<<are Rav Malkiyu's.

The forelock,

<<burnt ash,

<<and cheese —

<<are Rav Malkiya's.

Rav Pappa

<<said:

<<Mishnayos

<<and Baraisos —

<<Rav Malkiya;

<<the amoraic teachings —

<<Rav Malkiyu.

<<And your mnemonic:

<<the Mishnah is

<<a queen.

<<What is

<<between them?

<<There is between them

<<maidservants.

MISHNAH:

<<not

<<should say

<<a person

<<to the butcher:

<<weigh

<<for me

<<a dinar's worth of

<<meat,

<<but

<<he slaughters

<<and divides

<<among them.

GEMARA:

<<How

<<does he do [it]?

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