GEMARA:

<<But you said

<<in the first clause:

<<one may not

<<chop

<<at all?

<<Rav Yehuda said in the name of Shmuel:

<<It is incomplete,

<<and thus

<<it teaches:

<<one may not

<<chop

<<from

<<a pile

<<of beams,

<<nor

<<from

<<a beam

<<that broke

<<on Yom Tov;

<<but

<<one may chop

<<from

<<a beam

<<that broke

<<on the eve of Yom Tov.

And when they

<<chop,

<<one may not

<<chop

<<neither

<<with an axe

<<nor

<<with a sickle

<<nor

<<with a saw,

<<but only

<<with a cleaver.

<<This is also taught:

<<one may not

<<chop

<<wood

<<neither

<<from

<<a pile

<<of beams,

<<nor

<<from

<<a beam

<<that broke

<<on Yom Tov,

<<because

<<it is not

<<of

<<what is prepared.

“Nor

<<with an axe.”

<<Rav Chinena bar Shelemya said in the name of Rav:

<<they taught this only

<<with the female [wide] side

<<of it;

<<but

<<with the male [narrow] side

<<of it

<<it is permitted.

Obviously!

<<“With a cleaver”

<<we learned!

<<Lest you say:

<<this applies to

<<a cleaver

<<alone,

<<but

<<an axe

<<and cleaver [combined] —

<<say:

<<since

<<this

<<side

<<is prohibited,

<<that

<<side

<<also

<<is prohibited;

<<it teaches us [otherwise].

And some teach it

<<on the latter clause:

<<“but only

<<with a cleaver.”

<<Rav Chinena bar Shelemya said in the name of Rav:

<<they taught this only

<<with the male side

<<of it;

<<but

<<with the female side

<<of it

<<it is prohibited.

<<Obviously!

<<“Nor

<<with an axe”

<<we learned!

<<Lest you say:

<<this applies to

<<an axe [alone],

<<but

<<a cleaver

<<and axe [combined] —

<<say:

<<since

<<this

<<side

<<is permitted,

<<that

<<side

<<also

<<is permitted;

<<it teaches us [otherwise].

MISHNAH:

<<A house

<<that is

<<full of

<<produce

<<and was breached —

<<he may take

<<from the place of

<<the breach.

<<Rabbi Meir

<<says:

<<even

<<he may breach [it]

<<at the outset

<<and take.

GEMARA:

<<Why?

<<But

<<he breaks down

<<a tent!

<<Rav Nechumi bar Adda said in the name of Shmuel:

<<with a stack

<<of bricks.

<<Is that so?!

<<But didn't Rav Nachman say:

<<these

<<bricks

<<that were left over

<<from a building —

<<it is permitted

<<to move them

<<on Shabbos,

<<since

<<they are fit

<<to recline

<<on them.

<<If he arranged them [in rows],

<<certainly

<<he set them aside!

Rabbi Zeira said:

<<On Yom Tov

<<they said [it],

<<but

<<not

<<on Shabbos.

<<This is also taught:

<<Rabbi Meir

<<says:

<<even

<<he may breach [it]

<<at the outset

<<and take;

<<on Yom Tov

<<they said [it],

<<but

<<not

<<on Shabbos.

Shmuel said:

<<seals

<<attached to the ground —

<<he may untie,

<<but

<<not

<<unravel

<<nor

<<cut.

<<Those on vessels —

<<he may untie

<<and unravel

<<and cut,

<<whether

<<Shabbos

<<or

<<Yom Tov.

They raised an objection:

<<seals

<<attached to the ground —

<<on Shabbos

<<he may untie,

<<but

<<not

<<unravel

<<nor

<<cut.

<<on Yom Tov

<<he may untie

<<and unravel

<<and cut!

This —

<<whose [view] is it?

<<Rabbi Meir

<<it is,

<<who said:

<<even

<<he may breach [it]

<<at the outset

<<and take;

<<and disagree

<<the Rabbis

<<with him,

<<and I

<<said [it]

<<like the Rabbis.

<<But do

<<disagree

<<the Rabbis

<<with him

<<regarding seals

<<attached to the ground?

<<But isn't it taught:

<<agree

<<the Sages

<<with Rabbi Meir

<<regarding seals

<<attached to the ground,

<<that on Shabbos

<<he may untie,

<<but

<<not

<<unravel

<<nor

<<cut.

<<on Yom Tov

<<he may untie

<<and unravel

<<and cut!