משנה: קָנֶה שֶׁל זֵיתִים אִם יֶשׁ קֶשֶׁר בְּרֹאשׁוֹ מְקַבֵּל טוּמְאָה. וְאִם לָאו אֵין מְקַבֵּל טוּמְאָה. בֵּין כָּךְ וּבֵין כָּךְ נִיטָּל בַּשַּׁבָּת: MISHNAH: If a stick used to stir olives5Before being taken to the olive press the olives were kept in vats to soften. The rods with which they were stirred were then examined for signs of oil sticking to them. If the rod simply is straight, it is an implement for the rules of the Sabbath but not for those of impurity. If the top has some outcropping and holes, looking like a knot, to collect the oil drops, it is a implement both for the Sabbath and because of impurity. has a knot at its top it is an object of impurity, otherwise it is impervious to impurity. In any case it may be used on the Sabbath.
הלכה: דְּבֵי רִבִּי יַנַּאי אָֽמְרֵי. קָנֶה שֶׁהִתְקִינוֹ לִהְיוֹת בּוֹדֵק הַזֵּיתִין. כֵּיצַד הָיָה יוֹדֵעַ. אִם מְלוּכְלַךְ בְּמַשְׁקֶה בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁנִּגְמְרָה מְלֶאכֶת הַמַּעֲטָן. וִאִי לֹא. בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁלֹּא נִגְמְרָה מְלֶאכֶת הַמַּעֲטָן. אָמַר לֵיהּ רִבִּי מָנָא. לֹא תַנֵּי שְׁמוּאֵל אֶלָּא לִהְיוּת שׁוֹלֶה בוֹ הַזֵּיתִין. קָנֶה שֶׁהִתְקִינוֹ לִהיוֹת פּוֹקֵק בּוֹ הַחֲלוֹן. נֵימַר. אִם הָיָה קָשׁוּר וְתָלוּי פּוֹקְקִין בּוֹ. וִאִילֹא אֵין פּוֹקְקִין בּוֹ. רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר. מוּתְקַן אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ קָשׁוּר וְתָלוּי. וְלֹא כֵן אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹחָנָן. מָֽשְׁכֵנִי חִילְפַיי וְהַרְאֵנִי נֶגֶר מִשֶּׁל בֵּית רִבִּי קָשׁוּר אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ תָלוּי. אָמַר רִבִּי יוּדָן. מִכֵּיוָן שֶׁנִיטְּלוֹ וְנִיתְּנוֹ לְתוֹךְ יָדוֹ נַעֲשֶׂה כְמַפְתֵּחַ. HALAKHAH: 57This paragraph refers to Mishnah 3. In the House of Rebbi Yannai they said, a stick which he prepared in order to check the olives. How did he know? If it was dirtied by fluid it was proof that the work of loading was completed; otherwise it was proof that the work of loading was not completed5Before being taken to the olive press the olives were kept in vats to soften. The rods with which they were stirred were then examined for signs of oil sticking to them. If the rod simply is straight, it is an implement for the rules of the Sabbath but not for those of impurity. If the top has some outcropping and holes, looking like a knot, to collect the oil drops, it is a implement both for the Sabbath and because of impurity.. Rebbi Mana said to him, Samuel only stated that he was fishing out olives with it58The modified rod is a implement, usable on the Sabbath and subject to impurity, if used for any purpose, not necessarily checking for softness.. A stick which one prepared to close the window, should we say that he closes with it if it was tied and hanging, otherwise he may not close with it59Probably this is a text which appears in Babylonian sources (Babli 126a, Tosephta 14:3) as: “A stick which the home owner prepared to open or lock with, he uses to lock if it was tied and hanging (cf. Note 9), otherwise he may not use it. Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel says, if it is prepared even if it is neither tied nor hanging.”? “Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel says, if it is prepared even if it is neither tied nor hanging.” Did not Rebbi Joḥanan say, Ḥilfai pulled me and showed me a bolt of the House of Rebbi tied but not hanging60Therefore certainly not both requirements are necessary. The same text appears again in the discussion of Mishnah 7 and in Eruvin 10 (Note 131).? Rebbi Yudan said, since he removed it and took it into his hand it becomes similar to a key61Which routinely is removed from the door. Therefore practice follows Rabban Simeon ben Gamliel..