Abstract

""כדרך שעושה בחול phrases and the category of" Ovadin de'chol"

1. Many of the commentators view statements containing the phrase " Sino nwivw 7775"(" as he does on weekdays”( hereafter referred to as:" 1" ʊ7") in the Tannaitic literature as indicating that the Prohibitions belong to the Prohibitions called "(" done in a weekday manner"). These statements are found only in the Tosefta and the Baraitot. We have investigated the various possible interpretations of this phrase against the background of similar comparative or evaluative expressions in the form of" 777" present in Tannaitic literature. After a thorough analysis of these sources we have come to the following conclusions:

A. The statements in question can be interpreted in three ways.

1. As clauses that contain a description that is apposite to a preceding clause in the statement. For example, an analysis of the statement in the Tosefta( Shabbat

indicates two parallel" ובלבד שלא ירדה בידו ובקופה כדרך שעושה בחול..."( 4,( 15), 14.Chap : second" ובלבד שלא ירדה בידו ובקופה": descriptions; first

In this manner it is clear that there is no indication of." ובלבד שלא ירדה בדרך שעושה בחול"

reason or category in these statements, therefore the original hypothesis that we are talking about a group of Prohibitions that is different from the" Shevut" Prohibitions is not valid.

2. The clause""" is a continuation of the previous description, and its function is to limit the Prohibition under discussion to performing in its normal fashion, and to permit it, if it is performed in a different fashion. Even with this

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