Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 110:4

במאי קמיפלגי מר סבר למידין תחילת מלאכה מסוף מלאכה ומר סבר אין למידין תחילת מלאכה מסוף מלאכה:

A Tanna taught: Tailors, because a layman<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a man who is not a craftsman in this particular trade.');">²</span> may sew in the usual way on the intermediate Days;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the non-holy (portion) of the Festival'; v. p. 16, n. 4. Only professional work is forbidden, but not the work a non-professional does at home.');">³</span> hairdressers and washermen, because he who comes from overseas and he who comes out of prison may cut their hair and wash [their garments] on the Intermediate Days.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence on the fourteenth, which is certainly lighter than the Intermediate Days, these may be done in general, and even by professionals.');">⁴</span>

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