Commentary for Pesachim 166:14

רבא אמר אמר קרא (שמות יב, טז) הוא לבדו יעשה לכם הוא ולא מכשיריו לבדו

but the burnt-offering of weekdays is not [to be burnt] on the Sabbath, nor is the burnt-offering of weekdays [to be burnt] on Festivals.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., the animal sacrificed before the Sabbath or Festival must not be burnt the following evening. Hence sacrifices and sacred food in general, if unfit, must not be burnt on Festivals, a fortiori.');">¹⁴</span> Raba said: Scripture saith, [no manner of work shall be done in them - sc. Festivals - , save that which every man must eat,] that only may be done by you:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XII, 16.');">¹⁵</span> 'that' but not its preparatory requisites:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' E.g., you may roast meat, but may not sharpen a spit for impaling the meat on it.');">¹⁶</span> 'only,'

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