Reference for Shabbat 18:4
לא לעולם סמוך למנחה גדולה ובתספורת בן אלעשה ולא למרחץ לכולא מילתא דמרחץ ולא לבורסקי לבורסקי גדולה ולא לאכול בסעודה גדולה ולא לדין בתחלת דין
anything before he has recited the <i>minhah</i> service. — No. After all [it means] near the major <i>minhah</i>, but the reference is to a hair-cut in the fashion of Ben' Elasah.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The son-in-law of R. Judah ha-Nasi; he cropped his hair closely in the manner of the High Priest, v. Sanh. 22b. This was a long process and if one commenced it even before the major minhah he might be too late for the service. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> [Similarly.] [NOR MAY HE ENTER] THE BATHS [means] for the complete process of the baths; NOR A TANNERY, for tanning on a large scale; NOR EAT at a long meal [of many courses]:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For descriptions of long meals and short meals v. T.A. III, pp. 28f. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>