An egg may not be placed [on the Sabbath] at the side of the meicham [a copper kettle in which water is heated on the fire] so that it be "rolled" [i.e., so that it is roasted on scarves. [It may not be broken for roasting upon a scarf which was heated in the sun; for we decree (i.e., interdict) toldoth (results) of the sun by reason of toldoth of the fire.] R. Yossi permits it. [He holds that we do not decree toldoth of the sun by reason of toldoth of the fire. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Yossi.] And he may not bury it in the sand or in the dust of roads [that has become heated by the sun] in order to roast it. [And in this instance, R. Yossi does not permit it, sand being decreed against by reason of embers. For since they are both forms of "storing," he might come to say: "What difference does it make whether it be embers or sand?" Or it may be that R. Yossi decrees lest he move sand from its place. For there might not be enough sand there and he might come to move compact earth, which is a toldah of "plowing."]
Bartenura on Mishnah Shabbat
One cannot give on Shabbat
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English Explanation of Mishnah Shabbat
Introduction
This mishnah discusses cooking eggs in ways that might not be considered to really be cooking.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Shabbat
ביצה בצד המיחם – a copper kettle in which they heat up water on top of the fire.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Shabbat
They may not place an egg at the side of a boiler for it to be lightly roasted and one must not break it into a [hot] cloth. And Rabbi Yose permits it. Placing an egg next to a hot boiler will not suffice to really cook the egg, but it can lightly roast it, perhaps like a soft-boiled egg. Similarly, putting the egg into a hot cloth can make it lightly cooked. The first opinion in the mishnah holds that these actions are considered cooking and are therefore prohibited. Rabbi Yose holds that this is not cooking and is hence permitted.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Shabbat
שתתגלגל – that it will roast a bit until it becomes roasted/rounded, that is to say, mixed.
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And one may not put it away in hot sand or road dust for it to be roasted. Burying the egg in hot sand or dust will really cook it and hence even Rabbi Yose agrees that it is prohibited.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Shabbat
ולא יפקיענה בסודרין – he should not crack it on wrapping that was warmed by the sun in order that it be roasted by it, for we decreed that derivatives of the sun are because of the derivatives of the heat.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Shabbat
ור"י מתיר – for he holds that we do not make the decree that the derivatives of the sun are because of the derivatives of the heat and the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Yosi.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Shabbat
לא יטמיננה בחול ובאבק דרכים – that were warmed by the power of the sun and in that, Rabbi Yosi did not permit, for he decreed that the sand are because of the hot ashes/embers for since both of them were through putting a dish in a warm place or under covers to keep it warm for the Sabbath (Talmud Shabbat 39a), they will come to say – what is the difference between hot ashes and sand. Alternatively, Rabbi Yosi decreed lest he move the ashes dust from its place lest the sand there will not be removed according to its need, and he will come to move the attached dust and that is a derivative of ploughing.
