Our Mishnah

<<is not

<<like

<<this

<<tanna,

<<as it is taught:

<<Rabbi Shimon ben Elazar said:

<<agree

<<Beis Shammai

<<and Beis Hillel

<<that one may carry

<<a ladder

<<from dovecote

<<to dovecote.

<<They did not

<<disagree

<<except

<<about returning [it],

<<for Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<one may not

<<return [it],

<<and Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<one may even

<<return [it].

Rabbi Yehuda said:

<<in what case is this said?

<<With a ladder

<<of

<<a dovecote;

<<but

<<with a ladder

<<of

<<an upper story,

<<all agree

<<it is prohibited.

<<Rabbi Dosa

<<says:

<<one may tilt it

<<from window

<<to window.

<<Others

<<say

<<in the name of

<<Rabbi Dosa:

<<one may even

<<move it step by step

<<with it.

The sons of

<<Rabbi Chiya

<<went out

<<to the villages.

<<When

<<they came [back],

<<said to them

<<their father:

<<did any

<<case

<<come

<<to your hands?

<<They said to him:

<<a ladder

<<came

<<to our hands,

<<and we permitted it.

<<He said to them:

<<go out

<<and prohibit

<<what

<<you permitted.

They

<<thought:

<<since

<<Rabbi Yehuda said:

<<with a ladder

<<of

<<an upper story

<<they do not

<<disagree,

<<by implication

<<the first tanna

<<holds

<<they disagree.

<<But it is not so;

<<Rabbi Yehuda

<<the reason

<<of the first tanna

<<is explaining.

From where [do we know]?

<<Since it teaches:

<<one may carry

<<a ladder

<<from dovecote

<<to dovecote;

<<and if

<<it enters your mind [that]

<<with a ladder

<<of

<<an upper story

<<they disagree,

<<this

<<‘one may carry

<<a ladder

<<from dovecote

<<to dovecote’ —

<<‘one may carry

<<a ladder

<<to a dovecote’

<<it should have said.

<<Rather,

<<is it not

<<that this is what

<<it says:

<<of

<<a dovecote,

<<yes;

<<of

<<an upper story,

<<no.

And the other?

<<Does

<<it teach

<<‘a ladder

<<of

<<a dovecote’?

<<‘From dovecote

<<to dovecote’

<<it teaches,

<<and even

<<to several

<<dovecotes.

Some say:

<<they said to him:

<<tilting

<<a ladder

<<of

<<an upper story

<<came

<<to our hands,

<<and we permitted it.

<<He said to them:

<<go out

<<and prohibit

<<what

<<you permitted.

<<They

<<thought:

<<what

<<prohibits

<<the first tanna,

<<permits

<<Rabbi Dosa.

<<But it is not so:

<<what

<<permits

<<the first tanna,

<<prohibits

<<Rabbi Dosa.

‘But

<<one may tilt it

<<from window

<<to window’

<<etc.

<<Apparently,

<<regarding

<<the rejoicing of

<<Yom Tov,

<<Beis Shammai

<<are stringent

<<and Beis Hillel

<<lenient.

But contrast it:

<<one who slaughters

<<an undomesticated animal

<<or a bird

<<on Yom Tov —

<<Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<he may dig

<<with a spade

<<and cover [the blood];

<<and Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<he may not

<<slaughter

<<unless

<<there was

<<for him

<<earth

<<prepared

<<while it was still day [before Yom Tov].

Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<reversed

<<is the attribution.

<<From where [do you know]?

<<Perhaps

<<until here

<<do not

<<say

<<Beis Shammai

<<there

<<except

<<where

<<there is

<<a spade

<<stuck [in the ground],

<<but

<<where

<<there is not

<<a spade

<<stuck [in the ground],

<<no.

And also:

<<until here

<<do not

<<say

<<Beis Hillel

<<here

<<except

<<because his dovecote

<<testifies

<<for him;

<<but

<<there,

<<no.

Rather,

<<if there is a difficulty,

<<this is the difficulty:

<<Beis Shammai

<<say:

<<one may not

<<take [pigeons]

<<unless

<<he shook [them]

<<while it was still day;

<<and Beis Hillel

<<say:

<<he stands

<<and says:

<<this one

<<and this one

<<I

<<will take.

Apparently,

<<regarding

<<the rejoicing of

<<Yom Tov,

<<Beis Shammai

<<are stringent

<<and Beis Hillel

<<lenient;

<<but contrast it:

<<one who slaughters

<<an undomesticated animal

<<or a bird

<<on Yom Tov…

<<Rabbi Yochanan said:

<<reversed

<<is the attribution.

But perhaps

<<it is not so:

<<until here

<<do not

<<say

<<Beis Shammai [so]

<<except

<<where

<<there is

<<a spade

<<stuck [in the ground]