Commentary for Shabbat 295:8

א"ל רבא בר רב חנן לאביי מכדי אמרו רבנן כל מילי דיום טוב כמה דאפשר לשנויי משנינן הני נשי דמליין חצבייהו מיא מ"ט לא משנין משום דלא אפשר היכי לעבדי דמליין בחצבא רבא לימלו בחצבא זוטא הא קא מפשו בהילוכא דמליין בחצבא זוטא לימלו בחצבא רבא קא מפשו במשוי

In the case of hash'ileni, he replied, he [the lender] will not come to write it down;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He expects to remember it in any case. ');">¹⁴</span> whereas [if he says] halweni he will come to write it down. But since on weekdays it sometimes happens that one wishes to say halweni but says hash'ileni, yet he is not particular<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He allows him to keep it for a long time, though the request was only hash'ileni. ');">¹⁵</span> and comes to write it down, so on the Sabbath too he may come to write it down?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thinking that the borrower may keep it a long time. ');">¹⁶</span> — On the Sabbath, he replied since the Rabbis permitted hash'ileni only, but not halweni, the matter is distinguishable and he will not come to write. Raba son of R. Hanan said to Abaye: Consider! The Rabbis said, 'Regarding all actions on Festivals, as far as it is possible to vary, we vary them;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So as not to do them in the same way as during the week, even where they are permitted. ');">¹⁷</span> then the women who fill their pitchers on Festivals, why do they not vary [their way of doing it]? Because it is impossible. How should they do it: shall those who [usually] draw [water] with a large pitcher [now] draw [it] with a small pitcher? then they increase the amount of walking! Shall those who [usually] draw [water] with, a small pitcher [now] draw it with a large one? then they increase the burden.

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