h in his hand. If he passed Zophim(137) he must burn it on
the spot. But if not he must return and burn it in front of the temple
with the wood of the altar. "And for how much flesh or leaven must men
return?" Rabbi Meier said, "both of them the size of an egg." Rabbi Judah
said, "both the size of an olive." But the Sages say, "Holy flesh the size
of an olive, and leaven the size of an egg."

Chapter IV

1. "A place in which men are accustomed to do work on the eve of the
passover?" "For half a day they may work." "A place in which they are not
accustomed to work?" "They must not work." "If one goes from a place where
they work to a place where they do not work; or from a place where they do
not work to a place where they do work?" "The Sages put on him the
burden(138) of the place from which he went, or the burden of the place to
which he came; but a man should not change the customs of a place, as it
causes quarrels."

2. Like to him is he who carried fruits of the Sabbatical year from a
place where they were finished growing to a place where they were not
finished growing; or from a place where they were not finished to a place
where they were finished. He is bound to remove them. Rabbi Judah said,
"they can say to him, go and bring them for yourself from the field."(139)

3. "A place in which men are accustomed to sell small cattle to Gentiles?"
"They may sell them." "A place in which they are not accustomed to sell
them?" "They may not sell them." But in no place may they sell working
cattle--calves, ass-foals, either unblemished or broken down.(140) Rabbi
Judah "allowed the broken down." The son of Bethira "allowed a horse."

4. "A place where men are accustomed to eat roast meat on the night of the
passover?" "They may eat it." "A place in which they are not accustomed to
eat it?" "They may not eat it." "A place in which they are accustomed to
light a candle on the night of the Day of Atonement?" "They may light it."
"A place in which they are not accustomed to light it?" "They may not
light it." But men may light candles in the synagogues, and in the
schools, and in the dark streets, and for the sick.

5. "A place in which men are accustomed to do work on the ninth of
Ab;"(141) "They may work." "A place in which they are not accustomed to
work?" "They may not work." But everywhere the disciples of the Sages are
idle. Rabban Simon, the son of Gamaliel, said, "a man may always make
himself a disciple of