with a pile of

<<straw,

<<but

<<not

<<with the wood

<<in the storehouse [muktzeh].

GEMARA:

<<It was taught:

<<if

<<it is not possible

<<to alter [the manner],

<<it is permitted.

Instituted

<<Rava

<<in Mechoza:

<<those who carry

<<with a pole [between two]

<<should carry

<<with a hand-pole;

<<those who carry

<<with a hand-pole

<<should carry

<<with a shoulder-pole;

<<those who carry

<<with a shoulder-pole

<<should carry

<<on the shoulder;

<<those who carry

<<on the shoulder

<<should spread

<<a cloth

<<over it;

<<and if

<<not

<<possible,

<<it is permitted.

<<For said

<<the master:

<<if

<<it is not possible

<<to alter,

<<it is permitted.

Rav Chanan bar Rava said to Rav Ashi:

<<said

<<the Rabbis:

<<as much as

<<is possible

<<to alter,

<<we alter

<<on Yom Tov.

<<But

<<these

<<women

<<who fill

<<their jugs [with]

<<water

<<on Yom Tov

<<and not

<<do they alter,

<<and not

<<do we say

<<to them

<<anything!

He said to him:

<<because

<<it is not possible.

<<How

<<should she do [it]?

<<One who fills

<<with a jug

<<large,

<<should she fill

<<with a jug

<<small?

<<she increases

<<the walking.

One who fills

<<with a jug

<<small,

<<should she fill

<<with a jug

<<large?

<<she increases

<<the load.

<<Let her cover it

<<with a lid —

<<sometimes

<<it falls

<<and she will come

<<to carry it.

<<Let her tie it —

<<sometimes

<<it tears

<<and she will come

<<to tie it.

<<Let her spread

<<a cloth

<<over it —

<<sometimes

<<it gets immersed

<<in the water

<<and she will come

<<to

<<wringing.

<<Therefore,

<<it is not possible.

Rava bar Rav Chanin said to Abaye:

<<we learned:

<<one may not

<<clap,

<<and one may not

<<slap [the thigh],

<<and one may not

<<dance;

<<yet now

<<we see

<<that they do

<<so,

<<and not

<<do we say

<<to them

<<anything?

He said to him:

<<And according to your reasoning,

<<that which

<<said

<<(Rava):

<<not

<<should sit

<<a person

<<at the entrance

<<of a side post,

<<lest

<<roll away

<<from him

<<an object

<<and he will come

<<to carry it

<<(four cubits

<<in the public domain),

<<but

<<these

<<women

<<who take

<<their jugs

<<and go

<<and sit

<<at the entrance

<<of the alleyway,

<<and not

<<do we say

<<to them

<<anything!

Rather:

<<leave [alone]

<<them,

<<Israel;

<<better

<<that they be

<<unwitting

<<and not

<<be

<<deliberate.

<<Here too:

<<leave [alone]

<<them,

<<Israel;

<<better

<<that they be

<<unwitting

<<and not

<<be

<<deliberate.

And this applies

<<to rabbinic laws,

<<but

<<to Torah laws,

<<not.

<<But it is not so:

<<there is no difference

<<with Torah laws

<<and no difference

<<with rabbinic laws;

<<not

<<do we say

<<to them

<<anything,

<<for

<<the addition to

<<Yom Kippur

<<is from the Torah,

<<and they eat

<<and drink

<<until

<<it gets dark,

<<and not

<<do we say

<<to them

<<anything.

“And one may begin

<<with a pile of

<<straw.”

<<Rav Kahana said:

<<This is to say:

<<one may begin

<<with a storehouse

<<at the outset.

<<Whose [view] is it?

<<Rabbi Shimon

<<it is,

<<who does not hold of

<<muktzeh.

Say the latter clause:

<<but

<<not

<<with the wood

<<in the storehouse [muktzeh];

<<we have come

<<to Rabbi Yehuda,

<<who holds of

<<muktzeh!

<<Here

<<with cedars

<<and pines

<<we are dealing,

<<which are muktzeh

<<because of

<<monetary loss,

<<and even

<<Rabbi Shimon

<<agrees.

Some teach it

<<on the latter clause:

<<but

<<not

<<with the wood

<<in the storehouse.

<<Rav Kahana said:

<<This is to say:

<<one may not

<<begin

<<with a storehouse

<<at the outset.

<<Whose [view] is it?

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<it is,

<<who holds of

<<muktzeh.

<<Say the first clause:

<<one may begin

<<with a pile of

<<straw;

<<we have come

<<to Rabbi Shimon,

<<who does not hold of

<<muktzeh!

<<There

<<with straw

<<that is rotten.

Straw

<<that is rotten?

<<But

<<it is fit

<<for clay!

<<Where there are in it

<<thorns.