Talmud for Moed Katan 2:5

מְחַפִּין אֶת הַקְּצִיעוֹת בְּקַשׁ. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אַף מְעַבִּין. מוֹכְרֵי פֵרוֹת, כְּסוּת וְכֵלִים, מוֹכְרִים בְּצִנְעָה לְצֹרֶךְ הַמּוֹעֵד. הַצַּיָּדִין וְהַדָּשׁוֹשׁוֹת וְהַגָּרוֹסוֹת, עוֹשִׂין בְּצִנְעָה לְצֹרֶךְ הַמּוֹעֵד. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, הֵם הֶחְמִירוּ עַל עַצְמָן:

Figs [spread out in the field to dry] may be covered with straw [against the rain]. R. Yehudah says: They may also be piled, one (layer) atop the other and made a kind of mound, so that the top ones protect those beneath.] Sellers of fruits, sheets, and vessels may sell "discreetly" for purposes of the festival. Hunters, grain-crushers [those who crush wheat for grits], and grist-makers [those who make bean-grist] may work "discreetly" for purposes of the festival. R. Yossi said: They were stringent with themselves [and did not work even "discreetly." The halachah is not in accordance with R. Yossi.]

Jerusalem Talmud Shabbat

³⁸The origin of these paragraphs is Halakhah Beṣah 5:1 (י). Not only is the subject of muqṣeh the main topic of this Tractate but also the somewhat difficult Aramaic of the last sentence is copied correctly in Beṣah but defectively here. The second paragraph also is copied later in Chapter 13 (13). Rav Jeremiah in the name of Rav: One spreads a mat over rows of bricks on the Sabbath³⁹Even though the bricks are there as building materials one may turn them into seats if needed since they are not moved. In the Babli’s theory, muqṣeh items may not be moved, but they may be touched. It does not seem that this is the Yerushalmi’s attitude, as expressed by Rav in the question of the hunters. Nevertheless here the bricks are not touched; people sit on the mat. Babli 43a, Beṣah 36a. In the reading of the Babli this is a Tannaitic statement and the bricks are not there for a future building project but are leftovers from a finished one..

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