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1)

(a) 'A non-expert is permitted to sew normally'. According to Tana de'Bei Rebbi Yanai, a non-expert constitutes someone who cannot stitch many stitches simultaneously.
How does Rebbi Yossi b'Rebbi Chanina explain it?

(b) 'An expert must be 'Machliv'. According to Rebbi Yochanan, this means wide stitches.
How does Rabah bar Shmuel explain it?

(c) The Tana Kama of our Mishnah says 'Mesargin es ha'Mitos', Rebbi Yossi, 'Memaschin'. Rebbi Yochanan and Chizkiyah argue over this. One of them explains 'Mesargin' to mean one arranges the cords on the bed 'Shesi ve'Areiv'.
What does this mean, and what is then the meaning of 'Memaschin'?

(d) According to the second explanation, 'Mesargin' means stretching the cords one way only ('Shesi').
What does 'Memaschin' then mean?

(a) Rav Tachlifa bar Shaul cites a Beraisa (with reference to the Machlokes between the Tana Kama and Rebbi Yossi) 've'Shavin she'Ein Mafshilin Chavalin Lechatchilah'.
With which of the two above explanations does this create a difficulty?

(b) And on which of the two explanations does Rebbi Meir's statement (in the Mishnah in Keilim) 'ha'Mitah mi'she'Yisrog Bah Sheloshah Batim' create a difficulty?

(c) So how do we amend the two above opinions? In which point do they argue, and in which point do they agree?

(d) How does the opinion which explains 'Memaschin' to mean just to tighten it, explain the 'Yesh Omrim' in the Beraisa, which forbids even 'Memaschin'? On what grounds would Chazal forbid just tightening the cords of a bed on Chol ha'Mo'ed?

(a) One is permitted to build from scratch a Tanur, a Kirayim and a mill. What is the difference between a Tanur and a Kirayim?

(b) Rebbi Yehudah says 'Ein Mechabshin es ha'Reichayim Lechatchilah'. Rav Yehudah interprets 'Mechabshin' as 'Menaker Reichaya'.
What does that mean?

(c) Rav Yechiel interprets it as 'Bas Eina'.
What is 'Bas Eina'?

(a) Rebbi Eliezer, in the Beraisa, permits the construction of an oven, on Chol ha'Mo'ed, provided one does not finish the job.
What do the Chachamim say?

(b) According to Rebbi Yehudah, Rebbi Eliezer differentiates between a new oven and an old one.
What distinction does he make between them?

(c) What does Yesh Omrim say?

(a) In which way does Rebbi Yehudah's opinion by an old oven (according to Rebbi Eliezer) pose a Kashya on Rav Yechiel above (in 3c., who says that Mechabshin means making a hole for the wheat)?

(b) How do we reconcile Rav Yechiel?

6)

(a) What did Rav Huna declare when he heard a man roughing an old mill-stone on Chol ha'Mo'ed? Like whom does he hold?

(b) Rav Chama Darshened that roughing an old mill-stone is permitted on Chol ha'Mo'ed. What did they say in the name of Rav about cutting the nails of a donkey ...

1. ... or a horse that one intends to ride?
2. ... that grinds the corn?

(c) And what did Rav Yehudah say about the latter, as well as about putting up mill-stones and building a mill or its wooden stand?

(d) What other item does he include in the list?

7)

(a) Is one permitted to comb a horse or to build a manger or a stone shelter on Chol ha'Mo'ed?

(b) Rava permits bloodletting an animal on Chol ha'Mo'ed.
What does Abaye comment on Rava's statement?

(c) Rava also permits Kiskusi Kirmi.
What does this mean? Why does he permit it?

(d) Why does Rav Chisda forbid rubbing sleeves on smooth vessels (a crude form of ironing)? What is the second explanation of 'Kitri Biri' (or Kitri Bei Yadi)?

(a) Removing earth from a field is permitted on Chol ha'Mo'ed, as long as it is for the purpose of making a threshing-floor, but not when it is to improve the field.
Why is that? How do we know what his intention is anyway?

(b) Sweeping twigs from the ground is permitted if it is to use the twigs as firewood, but not if it is to clear the ground for sowing.
How do we know what the owner's real intentions are?

(c) When is one permitted to drain water on Chol ha'Mo'ed from pools that have gathered in one's field out into the field, and when is this forbidden?

(d) One is permitted to prune a date-palm as long as he intends to use the cut branches as animal-food, but not if it is to prune the tree.
How do we know what his real intentions are?

(a) Rava permits cutting unripe dates in half on Chol ha'Mo'ed to eat on Yom-Tov.
What does he say about placing a weight on them in order to squeeze out the juice?

(b) Rav Papa disagrees.
What does *he* say?

(c) Rava forbids business on Chol ha'Mo'ed.
What does Rav Yossi bar Avin say?

(d) What happened to Ravina when he postponed selling goods worth six thousand Zuz until after Chol ha'Mo'ed?

(a) What did Rav Ashi tell Ravina when he asked him about collecting a debt from the people of Akra de'Shan'usa on Chol ha'Mo'ed?

(b) Rav Ashi's source is a Beraisa regarding idolatry.
What does the Beraisa say about the purchase of animals, slaves and property, that bears out Rav Ashi's ruling?

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