Si uno trae jarras de vino de un lugar a otro [dentro del tchum] (en yom tov), no debe traerlas [colocando dos o tres jarras] en una canasta o contenedor [y llevarlas; para esto da la apariencia de una actividad entre semana. Sin embargo, si no tiene otro recurso, está permitido.], Pero los trae [colocando uno o dos lanzadores] en su hombro [esto da la impresión de que los necesita para ti y para ti] o antes que él [en su mano] . De manera similar, si uno trae paja [para encender o para una bestia], no debe bajar el contenedor detrás de él, [esto le da la apariencia de una actividad entre semana], sino que debe traerlo en la mano. Y a uno se le permite comenzar [tomando] de un montón de paja, [incluso si no lo había preparado antes de yom tov y no estaba acostumbrado a usarlo para encender, muktzeh no obteniendo según este tanna], pero no de la madera en el muktzeh. [El espacio detrás de las casas se llama "muktzeh" porque es "eliminado" y no frecuentado. "Madera" aquí se refiere a las grandes vigas de cedro utilizadas en la construcción, que, siendo costosas, son "muktzeh" en razón de la pérdida monetaria [(la pérdida involucrada en su uso para un propósito diferente al que estaba destinado). Y en esto, incluso R. Shimon, según quien muktzeh no obtiene, está de acuerdo.]
Bartenura on Mishnah Beitzah
מביא. ממקום למקום – within the [Sabbath] boundary limits.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Beitzah
Introduction
Even though carrying is allowed on Yom Tov, he should not carry things the same way that he carries things during the week because this makes it look like “business as usual.”
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לא יביאם וכו' – to place three or four jugs within a basket or a hamper and carry them, because it appears like a weekday activity to carry burdens. But if it is impossible to make a change, it is permissible.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Beitzah
One who carries jars of wine from place to place, he may not carry them in a basket or in a large basket, but he may carry [them] on his shoulder or in front of him. It is permitted to carry jars of wine from place to place on Yom Tov, as long as one is within the Shabbat border limit. However, when carrying them he should not carry them in the same manner that he does during the week (non-Yom Tov). What he should do is carry them with his hands on his shoulder or in front of him, held against his body. This looks less like he is delivering merchandise and more like he is just bringing wine to a friend’s house.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Beitzah
אבל מביא הוא על כתפו – one or two for it proves that it is for the needs of the Festival day.
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Similarly, one who brings straw, he may no drape a large basket over his back, rather he must carry it in his hand. Basically, the same holds true for carrying straw used for lighting a fire or for animal feed.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Beitzah
או לפניו – in his hand.
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And one may start [using] a heap of straw, but [one may] not [start using wood] from the back-yard. This third section deals with the concept of muktzeh something is prohibited if it was not designated for use on Yom Tov. He may use the heap of straw even though he did not specifically designate it and has never used that heap before. This is because heaps of straw are automatically set aside for use and do not require any special and intentional designation that they will be used on Yom Tov. In contrast, wood which is in the backyard is not necessarily designated to be used for something that can be done on Yom Tov and one cannot begin to use from that wood on Yom Tov. Indeed, the Hebrew word in this mishnah for backyard is muktzeh because in that area one sets aside things that one doesn’t have a specific intention to use (for those of you learning modern Hebrew, muktzeh is most definitely not a word for backyard.)
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וכן המוליך את התבן – for burning or for the cattle.
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לא יפשיל קופה לאחוריו – for it appears like a weekday activity.
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ומתחילין בערמת התבן – even though he had not ordered it while it is was still daytime (before the start of the holiday) and he was not accustomed to burn with it, for this Tanna does not have the concept of Muktzeh/storage hut.
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אבל לא בעצים [שבמוקצה] – something wide at the back of the homes is called Muktzeh (a space back of the dwelling containing stored up wood, cattle in sheds, etc.), on account that it is set aside in back and one does not go in and come out of there frequently. And this wood that we are speaking of here, are large beams of cedar set aside for construction, and regarded as an item set aside due to monetary loss, as they are expensive. For in this case, even Rabbi Shimon, who is not of the opinion that there is a prohibition of muktze, concedes.
