Related%20passage for Beitzah 1:6

בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, אֵין מוֹלִיכִין חַלָּה וּמַתָּנוֹת לַכֹּהֵן בְּיוֹם טוֹב, בֵּין שֶׁהוּרְמוּ מֵאֶמֶשׁ, בֵּין שֶׁהוּרְמוּ מֵהַיּוֹם. וּבֵית הִלֵּל מַתִּירִין. אָמְרוּ לָהֶם בֵּית שַׁמַּאי, גְּזֵרָה שָׁוָה, חַלָּה וּמַתָּנוֹת מַתָּנָה לַכֹּהֵן, וּתְרוּמָה מַתָּנָה לַכֹּהֵן, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁאֵין מוֹלִיכִין אֶת הַתְּרוּמָה, כָּךְ אֵין מוֹלִיכִין אֶת הַמַּתָּנוֹת. אָמְרוּ לָהֶם בֵּית הִלֵּל, לֹא, אִם אֲמַרְתֶּם בַּתְּרוּמָה, שֶׁאֵינוֹ זַכַּאי בַּהֲרָמָתָהּ, תֹּאמְרוּ בַמַּתָּנוֹת, שֶׁזַּכַּאי בַּהֲרָמָתָן:

Beth Shammai say: It is forbidden to bring challah and (the priestly) gifts to a Cohein on yom tov, whether they were separated (to be given to the priest) the day before or on the day (of yom tov) itself. [Even though it is permitted to separate challah (on yom tov), they did not permit it to be carried (to the priest) but only the "amending" of the dough and not more. ("gifts":) shoulder, cheeks, and maw.] Beth Hillel permit it. Beth Shammai said to them (to Beth Hillel): Gzeirah shavah (an identity) [Not a real (Torah) identity; for it is all a rabbinic decree stemming from the decree that terumoth and ma'aseroth are not separated on yom tov. It is only "similar" to a gzeirah shavah.], viz.: Challah and the (priestly) gifts are gifts to the Cohein; and terumah is a gift to the Cohein [one of the twenty-four priestly gifts.] Just as terumah is not brought (to a Cohein on yom tov), so (the other) gifts are not brought. Beth Hillel rejoined: No, if you say (that it is forbidden), that is in respect to terumah, which he is not authorized to separate — unlike the (priestly) gifts, which he is authorized to separate. [This Mishnah is rejected in the gemara, Beth Shammai and Beth Hillel not disagreeing that challah and gifts are brought but only as to the bringing of terumah, Beth Shammai saying that it is not brought, and Beth Hillel, that it is. Beth Hillel said to Beth Shammai: Challah and the (priestly) gifts are gifts to the Cohein, and terumah is a gift to the Cohein. Just as gifts are brought (to a Cohein on yom tov), so terumah is brought! Beth Shammai rejoined: No, if you say (that it is permitted), that is in respect to challah and (priestly) gifts, which he is authorized to separate, the sages having accorded him the right to do so; for the obligation to do so comes on yom tov (itself), it being permitted to knead and slaughter on yom tov. And since those of yom tov were permitted, they permitted bringing even those which had been separated before yom tov — unlike the instance of terumah, which he is not authorized to separate (on yom tov). For the grain pile cannot be subject to terumah on yom tov, the terumah obligation obtaining only from the time of the leveling of the pile, which is forbidden on yom tov — for which reason it is forbidden to bring terumah (to the Cohein) on yom tov.]

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