מתקיף לה רב פפא אלא מעתה בנין לישתרי שכן כותל הגוהה לרה"ר סותר ובונה כדרכו מפני הסכנה
Now, if you presume that 'earning-jobs' are allowed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' During the festival week.');"><sup>20</sup></span> where one has not [enough] to eat, then also all [other] work should have been allowed here,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the fourteenth of Nisan, instead of limiting the permission to three crafts only, because there may be other craftsmen who may be in need of money for food. But, as there is no mention of such a contingency there, it shows that even in such a case, unnecessary odd 'earning-jobs' may not be given in the festival week.');"><sup>21</sup></span> because 'earning-jobs' are permitted<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' During the festival week.');"><sup>20</sup></span>
Tosefta Pesachim
And the Sages say, even in a place where they said that labor may not be performed from Passover Eve until midday [on the fourteenth of Nissan], three craftsmen may [nonetheless perform their] work: tailors, hairdressers, and launderers. The tailors, for [even] an ordinary person may sew in his customary way on the intermediate days of a Festival. The hairdressers, for a Nazirite and a metzora and someone who suffered a wound to the his head may cut their hair on the intermediate days of a Festival. The launderers, for someone coming from the seaside, or from other countries overseas may launder [their clothes] on the intermediate days of a Festival. Rabbi Yosei bar Rabbi Yehuda says, even shoemakers, for pilgrims [traveling by foot to Jerusalem] during the pilgrimage Festivals may repair their shoes and their sandals on the intermediate days of a Festival. Dung that is in the middle of [*--?--] they may may clear it to the sides. [Dung] that is in a barnyard or a courtyard -- they may take it out to the garbage heap. (*Note: The Tosefta here is defective. Minchat Bikkurim supplies "מבוי", i.e., "an alleyway.")
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