Question: Do [Rabanan] argue with R. Eliezer ben Yakov [who permits tying in front of an animal]?

Answer: Since it taught that Chachamim agree with R. Meir about ropes tied on covers over land, that one may move [the knot to cause it to open], unravel, untie and cut them [on Yom Tov]; on Shabbos one may move, but not unravel, untie or cut;

Ropes tied on Kelim, on Shabbos it is permitted, and there is no need to teach [that it is permitted] on Yom Tov.

Conclusion: This shows that Rabanan] do not argue with R. Eliezer ben Yakov. (Since one may untie them, this shows that it is not a proper knot.)

(Mishnah): [One may tie a belt on a bucket,] but not a rope. R. Yehudah permits.

(R. Ba): Our Mishnah discusses a rope of a bucket, a rope used to lower [a bucket to draw water. This is why Chachamim forbid. R. Yehudah permits if he ties it only temporarily - PNEI MEIR.]

(Mishnah - R. Yehudah): The general rule is, one is not liable for any knot that is not permanent.

Question: This implies that Rabanan disagree!

Answer #1: (Really, they agree.) Since the previous law was in the name of R. Yehudah, also this was taught in the name of R. Yehudah.

Answer #2 (R. Shmuel citing R. Ze'ira): [Rabanan disagree. R. Yehudah] means that any [kind of] knot (e.g. a bow) that is [normally] temporary, and he made it for a limited time, one is not liable for it (but if he made it to endure, he is liable for it).

(Mishnah): One may fold garments, even four or five times;

One may spread bed linens on Shabbos night for the sake of Shabbos day, but not on Shabbos for the sake of Motzei Shabbos;

R. Yishmael says, one may fold garments or prepare a bed on Yom Kipur [if it is on Erev Shabbos] for the sake of Shabbos. Chelev of [Korbanos of] Shabbos may be offered on [Motza'ei Shabbos, even if it is] Yom Kipur, but Chelev of Yom Kipur may not be offered on [Motzei Yom Kipur if it is] Shabbos;

R. Akiva says, Chelev of Shabbos may not be offered on Yom Kipur, nor may Chelev of Yom Kipur be offered on Shabbos.

(Gemara): People of R. Yanai's academy say that two people may not fold together.

(R. Chagai citing R. Shmuel bar Nachman): Two people may not fold together on Shabbos. One folds against the other end of the bench [on which he sits], it is as it two [people fold].

(R. Chagai citing R. Shmuel bar Nachman): Shabbosos and Yomim Tovim were given only for eating and drinking. [However,] since the mouth toils [the entire week and has little time for Torah, Chachamim) permitted him to engage in Divrei Torah. (OHR ZARU'A)

(R. Berachiyah citing R. Shmuel bar Nachman): Shabbosos and Yomim Tovim were given only to engage in Divrei Torah.

A Beraisa supports [R. Chagai], and a Beraisa supports [R. Berachiyah].

Support (for R. Chagai - Beraisa): How does one conduct [on Shabbos and Yom Tov]? Either he eats and drinks, or he engages in Divrei Torah.

Support (for R. Berachiyah - Beraisa) Question: It says "Atzeres la'Shem Elokecha'', and it says "Atzeres Tihyeh Lachem''!

How [do we fulfill both]? Give part [of Yom Tov] to Talmud Torah, and part to eating and drinking. (We explained this like PNEI MOSHE.)

(R. Avahu): "Shabbos la'Shem'' - rest like Hash-m. Just like Hash-m ceased from speech (He created through speech), also you must cease from speech [not needed for Shabbos].

A case occurred in which a Chasid went to stroll in his vineyard on Shabbos, and saw a breach. He thought to fence it on Motza'ei Shabbos. He said, since I thought [on Shabbos] to fence it, I will never fence it!

What did ha'Kadosh Baruch Hu do for him? He prepared for him a caper branch and it went into [the breach] and filled it, and from it he was financed all his life.

(R. Chanina): With difficulty, they permitted greeting people on Shabbos.

(R. Chiya bar Ba): When R. Shimon ben Yochai's mother would speak too much on Shabbos, he would tell her "it is Shabbos.''

(Beraisa): One may not ask his needs [in prayer] on Shabbos.

Question (R. Ze'ira, to R. Chiya bar Ba): May one say "Re'enu Parnesenu'' (support us) on Shabbos? (This is in the third Brachah of Birkas ha'Mazon.)

Answer (R. Chiya bar Ba): This is the text of the Brachah [that we say. We do not change on Shabbos from the text during the week.]

(Beraisa): One may rinse cups, bowls and plates on Shabbos night for the morning, in the morning for midday, and at midday for [the afternoon, i.e. the time of] Minchah. From Minchah and onwards is forbidden. Cups are permitted, for there is no fixed time for drinking.

(R. Yirmeyah citing R. Ze'ira citing R. Chiya bar Ashi): A clever woman rinses a cup here, a bowl here, and a plate here, and it turns out that she drops water on [the entire floor of] her house on Shabbos [so dust will not rise. One may not directly sprinkle water on the floor with this intent.]