Reference for Shabbat 35:8

והשתא דאמר רב אושעיא אמר רב אסי מאן תנא שביתת כלים דאורייתא ב"ש היא ולא בית הלל לב"ש בין קעביד מעשה בין דלא קעביד מעשה אסור לבית הלל אע"ג דקעביד מעשה שרי והשתא דאמרת דלב"ש אע"ג דלא עביד מעשה אסור אי הכי

Said R. Joseph to him, Let the Master say it is on account of the resting of utensils? For it was taught: And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXIII, 13. The preceding verse deals with the Sabbath. ');">¹⁵</span> this includes the resting of utensils!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A man is commanded to let the vessels rest as well as he himself. ');">¹⁶</span> Rather, said R. Joseph, it is on account of the resting of utensils. Now that you say that according to Beth Hillel the resting of utensils is a Biblical precept,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For this Baraitha must reflect Beth Hillel's ruling, since its other clauses oppose the views of Beth Shammai as expressed in our Mishnah. ');">¹⁷</span> why are sulphur and a perfume brazier permitted? — Because it [the vessel in which they lie] performs no action. Why are wet bundles of flax permitted? — Because it [the oven in which they lie] performs no action and is motionless. But what of the trap for wild beasts, fowl and fish, which performs an action,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The spring of the trap closes and the mesh of the nets tightens as they catch their prey, ');">¹⁸</span> Why are they permitted? — There too [it means] with a fish hook and a trap made with little joists,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So arranged as to permit the animal to get in but not out. Thus they are passive instruments. ');">¹⁹</span> so that no action is performed. Now, however, that R. Oshaia said in R. Assi's name, Which Tanna [maintains that] the resting of utensils is a Biblical precept? It is Beth Shammai: then according to Beth Shammai, whether it [the utensil] performs an action or not, it is forbidden, while in the opinion of Beth Hillel even if it performs an action it is permitted. And now that you say that according to Beth Shammai it is forbidden even if it performs no action, if so,

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