במאי קמיפלגי מר סבר למידין תחילת מלאכה מסוף מלאכה ומר סבר אין למידין תחילת מלאכה מסוף מלאכה:
A Tanna taught: Tailors, because a layman<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a man who is not a craftsman in this particular trade.');"><sup>2</sup></span> may sew in the usual way on the intermediate Days;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'the non-holy (portion) of the Festival'; v. p. 16, n. 4. Only professional work is forbidden, but not the work a non-professional does at home.');"><sup>3</sup></span> hairdressers and washermen, because he who comes from overseas and he who comes out of prison may cut their hair and wash [their garments] on the Intermediate Days.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence on the fourteenth, which is certainly lighter than the Intermediate Days, these may be done in general, and even by professionals.');"><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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