A person may not hire workers on the Sabbath, nor may a person tell his friend to hire workers for him. We may not [go to] await nightfall at the [Sabbath] boundary for the purpose of hiring workers or bringing produce, but one may await nightfall [to enable him] to watch, and bring produce in his hand. Abba Shaul stated a general rule: Whatever I am permitted to instruct [on the Sabbath], I am permitted to await nightfall for it.

We may await nightfall at the [Sabbath] boundary to attend to the affairs of a bride; or to the affairs of the deceased, [viz.,] to bring a coffin and shrouds for him. If a gentile brought flutes on the Sabbath, a Jew may not bewail with them, unless they came from a nearby place. If they made a coffin for him or dug a grave for him, a Jew may be interred in it; but if [it was done] for a Jew, he may never be interred in it.