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with regard to a Festival, the tanna taught us an unattributed Mishnah in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda (Shabbat 156b), as we learned in a Mishnah in this tractate: One may not chop wood on a Festival from beams prepared for use in construction work, nor may one chop kindling wood from a
The Talmud asks: Now since, i.e., consider the following: Who is the one who wrote and edited the Mishnah, and arranged the unattributed mishnayot? It was R' Yehuda HaNasi. Since the same Sage formulated the statements in both tractates, the question arises: What is different with regard to the ha
They answer and say: In the case of Shabbat, which is stringent with regard to its punishments (see 35b), and therefore people will not come to treat it with contempt, R' Yehuda HaNasi taught us the unattributed Mishnah in accordance with the opinion of R' Shimon, who rules leniently. Conversely,
The Talmud asks: In what manner did you ultimately establish the Mishnah? It was established as referring to a chicken designated for laying eggs, and the prohibition is due to muktze. If so, rather than disputing with regard to an egg laid on a Festival, let them dispute with regard to the chicken
The Talmud answers: Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel also disagree with regard to the chicken, but the dispute was phrased in this manner to convey the far-reaching nature of the opinion of Beit Shammai. The formulation of the Mishnah emphasizes the extent of Beit Shammai’s lenient opinion, that even i