Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 265:20

ואין עושין לה חלוק לכתחילה אבל כורך עליה סמרטוט אם לא התקין מע"ש כורך על אצבעו ומביא ואפי' מחצר אחרת:

is an affirmative precept, thus there is an affirmative and a negative precept in respect of Festivals, and an affirmative precept cannot supersede a negative plus an affirmative precept.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 24b and 25a for notes. From all the foregoing we see that labour which can be done on weekdays or which belongs primarily to weekdays does not supersede Festivals even in the fulfilment of a precept, and the same applies here. ');">¹⁷</span> R. AKIBA STATED A GENERAL PRINCIPLE, etc. Rab Judah said in Rab's name: The <i>halachah</i> is as R. Akiba. And we learnt similarly in respect to the Passover sacrifice: R. Akiba stated a general principle: Any labour which can be performed on the eve of the Sabbath does not supersede the Sabbath; slaughtering [the Passover sacrifice], which can not be done on the eve of the Sabbath,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If the fourteenth of Nisan falls on the Sabbath. ');">¹⁸</span> supersedes the Sabbath; and Rab Judah said in Rab's name: The <i>halachah</i> is as R. Akiba. And these are necessary. For if he informed us [of the <i>halachah</i>] in connection with circumcision, — It is only there that the preparatory requirements which could be done the previous day do not supersede the Sabbath, since there is no <i>kareth</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When circumcision is postponed. ');">¹⁹</span> but as for the Passover sacrifice, where there is <i>kareth</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For not offering it. ');">²⁰</span> you might argue, Let them [the preliminaries] supersede the Sabbath. And if he told us [the <i>halachah</i>] about the Passover sacrifice, — that is because thirteen covenants were not made in connection therewith; but as for circumcision, seeing that thirteen covenants were made in connection therewith<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra 132a top. ');">²¹</span> I would say, Let them [the preliminaries] supersede the Sabbath — Thus they are necessary.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Pes. 66a. ');">²²</span> <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. WE PERFORM ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF CIRCUMCISION ON THE SABBATH. WE CIRCUMCISE,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cut off the foreskin. ');">²³</span> UNCOVER [THE CORONA],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Peri'ah. By splitting the membrane and pulling it down. ');">²⁴</span> SUCK [THE WOUND],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mezizah. Nowadays the suction is accomplished by means of a glass cylinder. ');">²⁵</span> AND PLACE A COMPRESS AND CUMMIN UPON IT.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To make the wound heal. ');">²⁶</span> IF ONE DID NOT CRUSH [THE CUMMIN] ON THE EVE OF THE SABBATH, HE MUST CHEW [IT] WITH HIS TEETH AND APPLY [IT TO THE WOUND]; IF HE DID NOT BEAT UP WINE AND OIL ON THE EVE OF THE SABBATH,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This too was applied to the wound. ');">²⁷</span> EACH MUST BE APPLIED SEPARATELY. WE MAY NOT MAKE A HALUK<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A kind of shirt-shaped bandage placed over the membrum and tied at the corona, to prevent the flesh from growing back and recovering the membrum. ');">²⁸</span> FOR IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, BUT MUST WRAP A RAG ABOUT IT. IF THIS WAS NOT PREPARED FROM THE EVE OF THE SABBATH, ONE WINDS IT ABOUT HIS FINGER<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As though it were a garment, so that it shall not be carried just like on weekdays. ');">²⁹</span> AND BRINGS IT, AND EVEN THROUGH ANOTHER COURTYARD.

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