We may sweep out [the feeding-trough] from before a stall ox, and we may move it to the sides because of the excretum — [these are] the words of R’ Dosa. But the Sages prohibit [it]. We may take [feed] from before one animal and place it before another animal on the Sabbath.

Straw that is on the bed, one may not move it with his hand, but he may move it with his body; and if it was fodder for animals, or if a pillow or a sheet was over it, he may move it with his hand. A householder’s clothes-press we may undo, but we may not press down. A launderer’s [press, however], one may not touch. R’ Yehudah says: If it was undone from before the Sabbath, one may undo it completely and remove it.

A man may pick up his son [although] there is a stone in his hand, or a basket [although] there is a stone in it. [Similarly,] we may move contaminated terumah together with uncontaminated terumah or with ordinary food. R’ Yehudah says: We may also remove one part of terumah from a mixture with a hundred parts of ordinary food.

A stone which is on the opening of a cask, one may tilt on its side so that it falls off. [If] it was among the [other] casks, one may lift it and [then] tilt it on its side so that it falls off. Money which is on a pillow, one may shake the pillow so that it falls off. [If] there was filth on it, he may wipe it off with a rag. [If] it was [made] of leather, we may pour water on it until it disappears.

Beis Shammai say: We may pick up bones and husks from the table. But Beis Hillel say: One must pick up the entire table board and shake it. We may remove from the table [even] crumbs less than the size of an olive, as well as the pods of chickpeas and the pods of lentils, because they are animal fodder. A sponge, if it has a leather handle, we may wipe with it; if not, we may not wipe with it. The Sages, however, say: In either case, it may be moved about on the Sabbath, and it is not susceptible to tumah-contamination.

A cask which has broken, we may save from it [enough] food for three meals. And one may say to others, ’‘Come and save for yourselves,’’ however, he may not soak [it] up with a sponge. We may not press fruits to extract juice from them; and [even] if they flowed out by themselves, they are prohibited. R’ Yehudah says: If [they were intended] for food, [the juice] that flows from them is permitted; but if [they were intended] for juice, what flows from them is prohibited. Honeycombs which one crushed before the Sabbath, and [the honey] then flowed out by itself, are prohibited. R’ Elazar, however, permits [them].

Anything that was put in hot water before the Sabbath may be soaked in hot water on the Sabbath; but anything that was not put in hot water before the Sabbath may be rinsed in hot water on the Sabbath, except an old salted fish, small salted fish, or a Spanish mackerel, because their rinsing completes their preparation.

A person may break [open] a cask to eat dried figs from it, provided that he does not intend to make a vessel. We may not perforate the bung of a cask — [these are] the words of R’ Yehudah. The Sages, however, permit [it]. [But] one may not perforate it in its side. If it was perforated, one may not place wax upon it, because he smooths [it]. Said R’ Yehudah: An incident came before Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai in Arab, and he said, ‘’I fear on his account that he may be liable for a sin offering.’’

We may place a cooked dish in a pit in order that it be preserved; good water in stale water in order that it cool off; and cold water in the sun in order that it become warm. One whose garments fell into the water while traveling may [continue to] walk in them, and he need not fear. When he arrives at the outer courtyard, he may spread them out in the sun, but not in front of the people.

One who bathes in the water of a cave or in the water of Tiberias and dried himself with even ten towels may not carry them in his hand; but ten people may dry themselves with one towel — their faces, their hands and their feet — and they may carry it in their hands.

We may anoint and massage the stomach, but we may neither knead nor scrape [the skin]. We may not go down to Kordima; nor take an emetic; nor straighten an infant[’s limbs]; nor set a fracture. If one’s hand or foot became dislocated, he may not massage them with cold water, but he may bathe according to his usual manner, and if he is healed, he is healed.

A person may borrow pitchers of wine or pitchers of oil from his friend, provided he does not say to him: ’‘Lend me.’’ In the same manner, a woman [may borrow] loaves [of bread] from her friend. If he does not trust him, he may leave his cloak with him and make a reckoning with him after the Sabbath. So too, in Jerusalem, [when] the day before Passover falls out on the Sabbath, he may leave his cloak with him, take his pesach offering, and make a reckoning with him after Yom Tov.