Reference for Beitzah 8:2

אמר רבי יוחנן עצים שנשרו מן הדקל בשבת אסור להסיקן ביום טוב ואל תשיבני ביצה מאי טעמא ביצה משום דביומא נמי חזיא לגומעה ולא קא שרי לה עד למחר מידע ידיע דבת יומא אסרוה עצים דלא חזו ליומייהו אי שרי להו למחר אתי למימר ביומייהו נמי שרו ואתמול משום שבת הוא דלא חזו להסקה

Rabbi Yohanan said: "Wood that fell from the palm tree on shabbat: it is forbidden to light them on Yom Tov – and don't respond to me [regarding the case of] the egg!" What's the reason [that the case of the egg is not applicable in the case of the fallen wood from the palm tree]? [The case of the] egg is because, since on the day it was also fitting to swallow it and he did not permit it until tomorrow – so that you should know that something a day old is forbidden. Wood that wasn't fitting on their day [that they fell off the tree], if he permitted them tomorrow, they would come to say that on their day they are also permitted, but yesterday because it was shabbat, they weren't fitting for burning....

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