ואם תמצי לומר מכר עבדו לעובד כוכבים ומת קנסו בנו אחריו משום דכל יומא מפקע ליה ממצות
Here, what do we say? That the Rabbis' intention was to penalize the man personally and he is no more, or, maybe that it was only to impose a pecuniary penalty [on his estate] and that is to be had? - R'Zera replied, You learned it [in the Mishnah]: 'A field that has been cleared of thorns<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Merely picked up, cleared, lifted from the soil by the first superficial ploughing which did not constitute working the soil, forbidden Scripturally. vchhyb');"><sup>3</sup></span> during the seventh year may be sowed in the post-sabbatical year; if it had been well improved<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By regular harrowing or deeper or cross ploughing. V. Tosaf. s.v. and commentary of R. Samson of Sens on M. Sheb. IV, 2.');"><sup>4</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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