but rather say:

<<provided

<<that not

<<he make it

<<a trap.

<<Obviously!

<<Lest you say:

<<[something] whose kind

<<is trapped

<<is prohibited;

<<whose kind is not

<<trapped

<<is permitted;

<<it teaches us [otherwise].

Rav Ashi

<<said:

<<Does

<<it teach

<<in the days of

<<summer

<<and in the days of

<<the rains?

<<“In the sun

<<because of

<<the sun,

<<and in the rain

<<because of

<<the rain”

<<it teaches:

<<in the days of

<<Nissan

<<and in the days of

<<Tishrei,

<<when there is

<<sun,

<<and there is

<<rain,

<<and there is

<<honey.

“And one may place

<<a vessel

<<under

<<the leak

<<on Shabbos.”

<<It was taught:

<<if

<<was filled

<<the vessel,

<<he pours out

<<and repeats,

<<and does not

<<refrain.

The mill house

<<of Abaye

<<was leaking.

<<He came

<<before

<<Rabba;

<<he said to him:

<<go

<<bring

<<your bed

<<there,

<<so that it be

<<like a chamber pot

<<of excrement,

<<and take it out.

Sat

<<Abaye

<<and was troubled:

<<and does

<<one make

<<a chamber pot

<<of excrement

<<at the outset?

<<Meanwhile

<<fell

<<the mill house

<<of Abaye.

<<He said:

<<it has come to me

<<because I transgressed

<<the master's words.

Shmuel said:

<<a chamber pot

<<of excrement

<<and a vessel

<<of

<<urine —

<<it is permitted

<<to take them out

<<to the garbage heap;

<<and when he

<<returns it,

<<he puts

<<in it

<<water

<<and returns it.

They understood from it:

<<a chamber pot

<<of excrement

<<together with

<<a vessel,

<<yes;

<<by itself,

<<no.

<<Come and hear:

<<that a certain

<<dead mouse

<<that was found

<<in the

<<spice house

<<of Rav Ashi;

<<Rav Ashi said to them:

<<take it

<<by its tail

<<and take it out.

MISHNAH:

<<Anything

<<for which one is liable

<<because of

<<a rabbinic prohibition,

<<because of

<<an optional act,

<<because of

<<a mitzva

<<on Shabbos,

<<one is liable

<<for it

<<on Yom Tov.

And these are

<<because of

<<a rabbinic prohibition:

<<one may not

<<climb

<<a tree,

<<nor

<<ride

<<on

<<an animal,

<<nor

<<swim

<<on the surface of

<<the water,

<<nor

<<clap,

<<nor

<<slap [the thigh],

<<nor

<<dance.

And these are

<<because of

<<an optional act:

<<one may not

<<judge,

<<nor

<<betroth,

<<nor

<<perform chalitza,

<<nor

<<perform yibum.

And these are

<<because of

<<a mitzva:

<<one may not

<<consecrate,

<<nor

<<pledge valuations,

<<nor

<<devote [property],

<<nor

<<separate

<<terumah

<<and tithes.

All these

<<on Yom Tov

<<they said;

<<all the more so

<<on Shabbos.

<<There is no difference between

<<Yom Tov

<<and Shabbos

<<except

<<food preparation

<<alone.

GEMARA:

<<“One may not

<<climb

<<a tree”:

<<a decree

<<lest

<<he detach.

“Nor

<<ride

<<on

<<an animal”:

<<a decree

<<lest

<<he go out

<<outside

<<the boundary.

<<Learn from it:

<<boundaries

<<are from the Torah!

<<Rather:

<<a decree

<<lest

<<he cut

<<a branch.

“Nor

<<swim

<<on the surface of

<<the water”:

<<a decree

<<lest

<<he make

<<a barrel

<<for swimmers.

“Nor

<<clap,

<<nor

<<slap [the thigh],

<<nor

<<dance”:

<<a decree

<<lest

<<he fix

<<musical instruments.

“And these are

<<because of

<<an optional act:

<<one may not

<<judge.”

<<But

<<a mitzva

<<he performs!

<<It is necessary only

<<where there is

<<one better

<<than him.

“Nor

<<betroth.”

<<But

<<a mitzva

<<he performs!

<<It is necessary only