Commentary for Shabbat 261:7

למעוטי מאי אילימא למעוטי לולב והתניא לולב וכל מכשיריו דוחין את השבת דברי ר"א ואלא למעוטי סוכה והתניא סוכה וכל מכשיריה דוחין את השבת דברי ר"א ואלא למעוטי מצה והתניא מצה וכל מכשיריה דוחין את השבת דברי רבי אליעזר ואלא למעוטי שופר והתניא שופר וכל מכשיריו דוחין את השבת דברי ר"א

he must cut [other sheaves]; will you [then] say [the same] in the case of the two loaves, seeing that if one finds [the wheat therefore] cut he does not cut [any more]? in truth they are indeed free. [For] consider: it is written, then ye shall bring the sheaf of the first-fruits of your harvest unto the priest:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXIII, 10. ');">¹⁹</span> what is the purpose of 'from the day that ye brought'? Infer from it that it is in order to be free. Yet it is still free on one side only, while we know R. Eliezer to hold that where it is free on one side [only], we deduce, but refute? — 'Ye shall bring' is an extension.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since Scripture could write, and ye shall offer a new meal-offering unto the Lord out of your habitations etc. The extension embraces the preliminaries of bringing, and intimates that these supersede the Sabbath. ');">²⁰</span> What is it to exclude?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Johanan's statement that R. Eliezer did not rule that the preliminaries of all precepts etc. ');">²¹</span>

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