Halakhah for Shabbat 1:9

אָמַר רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, נוֹהֲגִין הָיוּ בֵּית אַבָּא שֶׁהָיוּ נוֹתְנִין כְּלֵי לָבָן לְכוֹבֵס נָכְרִי שְׁלשָׁה יָמִים קֹדֶם לַשַּׁבָּת. וְשָׁוִין אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, שֶׁטּוֹעֲנִין קוֹרוֹת בֵּית הַבַּד וְעִגּוּלֵי הַגָּת:

R. Shimon b. Gamliel said: In my father's house they would give white clothing to a gentile washerman three days before Shabbath. [White clothing is difficult to wash and requires three days, and they took upon themselves the more stringent ruling of Beth Shammai. The halachah is not in accordance with Beth Shammai, but with Beth Hillel, who permit it "with the sun."] And they [Beth Shammai and Beth Hillel] are the same (in their ruling) that the beams of the olive press and the circles of the wine press are loaded. [The olives are loaded while it is yet day with the beams of the olive press. After the olives are crushed, heavy beams are loaded upon them and the oil flows from them of itself the entire Sabbath. Those (the weights) of the wine press are called "circles." They were thick boards in the form of a circle. In this, Beth Shammai concur with Beth Hillel. For even if it is done on the Sabbath, there is no sin-offering liability. For the beam is not placed upon the olives until they are first crushed in the mill. Likewise, with grapes. They are first trodden by foot, and even without the beam, the liquid is exuded of itself, albeit, not as readily as with the beam. For this reason it is not similar to (the labor of) threshing (dash)].

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