Animal food —

<<there is not

<<with it

<<a concern of

<<fixing

<<a vessel.

Raised an objection

<<Rav Kahana

<<to Rav Yehuda:

<<one may move

<<sticks of

<<spices

<<to smell

<<them,

<<and to wave

<<them

<<for a sick person,

<<and he may crush it

<<and smell

<<it;

<<but not

<<break it off

<<to smell

<<it;

<<and if

<<he broke it off,

<<he is exempt

<<but

<<it is prohibited.

<<To pick

<<with it

<<his teeth

<<he may not

<<break it off;

<<and if

<<he broke it off,

<<he is liable to

<<a sin offering!

He said to him:

<<Now,

<<“exempt

<<but

<<prohibited”

<<is difficult for me;

<<“liable to

<<a sin offering”

<<is it necessary?

<<Rather:

<<when

<<is taught

<<that,

<<it is with hard ones.

<<Hard ones —

<<fit for

<<crushing

<<are they?

It is incomplete,

<<and thus

<<it teaches:

<<he may crush it

<<and smell

<<it,

<<break it off

<<and smell

<<it.

<<In what case is this said?

<<With soft ones;

<<but

<<with hard ones

<<he may not

<<break it off,

<<and if

<<he broke it off,

<<he is exempt

<<but

<<it is prohibited.

<<To pick

<<with it

<<his teeth

<<he may not

<<break it off;

<<and if

<<he broke it off,

<<he is liable to

<<a sin offering.

It is taught

<<in one [Baraisa]:

<<he may break it off

<<and smell

<<it;

<<it is taught

<<in another:

<<he may not

<<break it off

<<to smell

<<it.

<<Rabbi Zeira said in the name of Rav Chisda:

<<it is not a difficulty:

<<this is

<<with soft ones,

<<this

<<with hard ones.

Challenged it

<<Rav Acha bar Yaakov:

<<With hard ones,

<<why

<<not?

<<How is it different

<<from this

<<that we learned:

<<may break

<<a person

<<the barrel

<<to eat

<<from it

<<dried figs,

<<provided

<<that not

<<he intend

<<to make

<<a vessel!

<<And furthermore:

<<but

<<Rava bar Rav Adda

<<and Ravin bar Rav Adda

<<both said:

<<when

<<we were

<<in the house of Rav Yehuda,

<<he would

<<break off

<<and give

<<us

<<pieces of aloe wood,

<<even though

<<they are fit

<<for handles

<<of axes

<<and hatchets.

It is not a difficulty:

<<this is

<<Rabbi Eliezer,

<<this

<<the Rabbis.

<<As it is taught:

<<Rabbi Eliezer

<<says:

<<may take

<<a person

<<a splinter

<<from what is before him

<<to pick

<<with it

<<his teeth;

<<and the Sages

<<say:

<<he may not

<<take

<<except

<<from the trough

<<of

<<an animal.

<<And they agree

<<that not

<<he break it off;

<<and if

<<he broke it off

<<to pick

<<with it

<<his teeth

<<or to open

<<with it

<<the door —

<<unwittingly

<<on Shabbos,

<<he is liable to

<<a sin offering;

<<deliberately

<<on Yom Tov,

<<he receives

<<the forty [lashes] —

<<the words of

<<Rabbi Eliezer.

And the Sages

<<say:

<<both this

<<and that

<<is not [prohibited]

<<except

<<because of

<<a rabbinic prohibition.

<<Rabbi Eliezer,

<<who says

<<there

<<he is liable to

<<a sin offering,

<<here

<<he is exempt

<<but

<<it is prohibited;

<<the Rabbis,

<<who say

<<there

<<he is exempt

<<but

<<it is prohibited,

<<here

<<it is permitted

<<at the outset.

And does not hold

<<Rabbi Eliezer

<<this

<<that we learned:

<<may break

<<a person

<<the barrel

<<to eat

<<from it

<<dried figs,

<<provided

<<that not

<<he intend

<<to make

<<a vessel?

<<Rav Ashi said:

<<when

<<is taught

<<that,

<<it is with a patched [barrel].

“And he may gather

<<from

<<the courtyard.”

<<The Rabbis taught:

<<he may gather

<<from

<<the courtyard

<<and kindle,

<<for all

<<that

<<is in the courtyard

<<is prepared,

<<provided

<<that not

<<he make

<<piles upon piles.

<<And Rabbi Shimon

<<permits.

<<About what

<<do they disagree?

<<One master

<<holds:

<<it looks

<<as if he gathers

<<for tomorrow

<<and for a day

<<another;

<<and the other master

<<holds:

<<his pot

<<proves

<<about him.

“One may not

<<produce

<<fire

<<etc.”

<<What is the reason?

<<Because

<<he creates something new

<<on Yom Tov.

“And one may not

<<heat until white

<<the tiles.”

<<What

<<does he do?

<<Rabba bar bar Chana said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan:

<<here

<<with tiles

<<new

<<we are dealing,

<<because