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Moed Katan 13b

מועד קטן י״ג ע״ב

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Topic

Business and work on חול המועד, the meaning of חילקא, selling spices versus fruit, and the start of the פרק about who may shave and launder on חול המועד.

Overview

The גמרא first brings a ברייתא that seems to support the 'trust' answer about bringing items home from a craftsman on חול המועד. That answer cannot explain taking items to the craftsman, so the גמרא returns to its first answer: one source is about ערב פסח and the other about חול המועד. A new משנה then allows covering drying figs with straw, and allows selling and certain work done quietly for the needs of the מועד. רבי יוסי says some workers were strict on themselves. The גמרא explains מחפין and מעבין. It then shows from a ברייתא that the strict workers did not work at all. אביי and רב דימי argue over what חילקא is. רב דימי's view survives one challenge, but a second challenge from the laws of vows is left as קשיא. רב הונא lets spice merchants sell openly, and the גמרא explains that the limits apply to fruit, not spices. The פרק מי שהפך ends, and the next פרק opens with lists of people who may shave and launder on חול המועד, a list that continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

וְהָתַנְיָא: מְבִיאִין כֵּלִים מִבֵּית הָאוּמָּן,

And so it is taught: One may bring items from the craftsman's house,

כְּגוֹן כַּד מִבֵּית הַכַּדָּר,

for example, a jug from the jug-maker's house,

וְכוֹס מִבֵּית הַזַּגָּג.

and a cup from the glass-maker's house.

אֲבָל לֹא צֶמֶר מִבֵּית הַצַּבָּע,

But not wool from the dyer's house,

The steps (21)

  1. ProofA ברייתא supports the 'trust' answer about craftsmen
  2. ChallengeThe 'trust' answer cannot explain taking items to the craftsman
  3. ConclusionBack to the first answer
  4. StatementNew משנה: covering drying figs with straw
  5. StatementSelling and working quietly for the needs of the מועד
  6. StatementWhat do מחפין and מעבין mean?
  7. ProofA ברייתא supports the 'pile' explanation
  8. QuestionWhat did 'they were strict on themselves' mean?
  9. ResponseA ברייתא shows they did not work at all
  10. Statementאביי explains the three grain words
  11. Statementרב דימי says חילקא is a kind of wheat
  12. ChallengeChallenge to רב דימי from the rule of טומאה
  13. ResolutionThe grain was husked, which needs soaking
  14. ChallengeA vow against grain does not include חילקא
  15. ConclusionThe challenge stands
  16. Statementרב הונא lets spice merchants sell as usual
  17. ChallengeOpening a store fully is only for the last יום טוב
  18. ResolutionFruit Versus Spices
  19. ConclusionHadran — Closing פרק מי שהפך
  20. StatementWho May Shave on חול המועד
  21. StatementWho May Launder on חול המועד