Halakhah for Shabbat 3:3

אֵין נוֹתְנִין בֵּיצָה בְצַד הַמֵּחַם בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁתִּתְגַּלְגֵּל. וְלֹא יַפְקִיעֶנָּה בְסוּדָרִין. וְרַבִּי יוֹסֵי מַתִּיר. וְלֹא יַטְמִינֶנָּה בְחֹל וּבַאֲבַק דְּרָכִים בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁתִּצָּלֶה:

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."]

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