Commentary for Shabbat 37:13

מאן תנא דכל מידי דאתי ממילא שפיר דמי אמר רבי יוסי (בר) חנינא רבי ישמעאל היא דתנן השום והבוסר והמלילות שרסקן מבעוד יום רבי ישמעאל אומר יגמור משתחשך ורבי עקיבא אומר

AND BOTH AGREE THAT THE BEAM OF THE [OIL] PRESS AND THE CIRCULAR WINE PRESS MAY BE LADEN. Wherein do all [the other acts] differ that Beth Shammai forbid them, and wherein do [those relating to] the beam of the [oil] press and the circular wine press differ, that Beth Shammai do not forbid them? — Those other [acts] which, if done on the Sabbath involve a sin-offering, Beth Shammai forbade on the eve of the Sabbath just before nightfall; [but the loading of] the beam of the [oil] press and the circular wine press, which if done on the Sabbath does not involve a sin-offering, they did not forbid.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On Sabbath eve before nightfall. ');">²⁴</span> Which Tanna [maintains] that everything which comes automatically is well?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., permitted, as here, the beams being laden before the Sabbath and the juice then oozing automatically on the Sabbath. ');">²⁵</span> — Said R. Jose son of R. Hanina, It is R. Ishmael. For we learnt: [In the case of] garlic, half-ripe grapes, and parched ears [of corn] were crushed before sunset, R. Ishmael said: One may finish them at night; R. Akiba said:

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