Commentary for Moed Katan 20:14

תניא נמי גבי ע"ז כי האי גוונא הולכין

Raba further said: With regard to one who trims his palm,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Removing the foliage and young shoots.');">¹⁴</span> if it is for the [benefit of his] beasts it is allowed; but if for the [benefit of the] palm it is forb How can we tell? If he trims one side only, this shows that it is for the beasts; if both one side and the other it is for the [benefit of the] palm, and it is forbidden. And furthermore said Raba: Those [unripe] tauhla<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Syriac, Arabic, from Assyrian tuhallu (Brockelmann 70b) palmulla praematura. Cf. Hag. 15b.');">¹⁵</span> dates one may pick, but to press them is not permitted. R'Papa remarked that as [if these are left] the worms get at them, they are on the same footing as a business deal<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'business transaction'.');">¹⁶</span> [the postponement of which] would entail loss,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Risk of a loss may be prevented during the festival week. V. supra, 2a, p. 3.');">¹⁷</span> and therefore may be [pressed during the festival week]. Raba also said: Any business transaction whatsoever is forbidden. R'Jose B'Abin said: And if there be a risk of loss, it is permitted. Rabina had some deal on hand which would have fetched six thousand zuzim;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Same as (silver) denarii.');">¹⁸</span> he deferred the sale till after the festival a sold at twelve thousand. Rabina had advanced some money to the people living at Akra di-Shanutha.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The foot of Shanwatha. V. Obermeyer L.B. 268. From B.M. 73b, (Sonc. ed. p. 425) , we learn it was a deal in wine.');">¹⁹</span> He came to consult R'Ashi and said: 'What about going over to them just now [during the festival week]? ' - Said R'Ashi to him: 'As they had ready cash just then which they might not have later, it is [practically] like a deal [the postponement of which] would entail loss, and [accordingly] is allowed'. It is also similarly taught with reference to heathens: One may go

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