Commentary for Moed Katan 20:9
היכי דמי פתח תרי בבי חד מעילאי וחד מתתאי אדעתא דכוורי פתח חד בבא אדעתא דארעא
How can one tell? If he takes up heaped [sof soil to heap on [soft] soil, or stiff soil to lay on stiff soil, it shows that [it is done] for [improving] the threshing floor; but if he takes up heaped [soft] soil and casts it on the stiff soil, this shows that it is for [improving] the ground.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which means that he is simply working the field during the festival week.');"><sup>10</sup></span>
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