In three matters Rabban Gamliel ruled stringently in accordance with the opinion of Beis Shammai: We may not insulate the hot water on Yom Tov for the Sabbath, and we may not put together a candlestick on Yom Tov; and we may not bake thick loaves [of bread on Yom Tov], only with thin wafers. Said Rabban Gamliel: ‘‘In all the days of my father’s household they would never bake thick loaves [of bread on Yom Tov], only thin wafers.’’ They said to him: ‘‘What shall we do with your father’s household, for they were stringent upon themselves, but allowed all of Israel to bake thick loaves [of bread] and coal-baked bread?’’

He also ruled leniently on three matters: We may sweep between the couches, and we may put incense [on coals] on Yom Tov, and we may roast a kid in its entirety on Pesach eves. But the Sages prohibit [these].