Quotation for Shabbat 1:2
גמרא מהו שתים שהן ארבע שתים לחיוב ושתים לפטור. או ארבע לחיוב וארבע לפטור. נישמעינה מן הדא שבועות שתים שהן ארבע. א"ר בא תמן כולהון לחיוב. ברם הכא חיוב ופטור אתינן מיתני. הדא אמרה ארבע לחיוב וארבע לפטור.
We recite [in our mishnah] "...from the time that the kohanim (Aaronide priests) enter to eat their Terumah (produce consecrated for priestly consumption)." Rabbi Chiya taught [in Tosefta Berakhot 1:1]: "...from the time that people usually go in to eat their bread on the eve of the Sabbath." And there is a baraita that comments on this: "These opinions are close enough to be equal."
Tosefta Avodah Zarah
2. Let him not not buy or sell with an idolater on the day of his festival. Let him not "lighten his head" with him [through drink?]. Let him not greet him in a place that is thought to have idolatry[?], for greeting someone is tantamount to honoring him. Let them greet idolaters on their festival days for the sake of peace. Jewish artisans who work besides an idolater in a Jewish home, it is permitted [to greet them], but in an idolater's home it is forbidden. R. Shimon b. Elazar says, "If he was a hired worker for the day, whether he worked in the home of a Jew or an idolater, it is forbidden [to greet an idolater]. If he was a hired worker under a Jewish home, it is permitted, but in an idolater's home, it is forbidden. If he is working in a fixed place[?], whether it is in the home of a Jew or an idolater, it is forbidden. In another city, either way it is permitted [to greet]. And although he finished making an idolater's tool before the idolater's festival day, he may not bring it to him because his home would rejoice." One city does [idolatry?] and another city does not, one nation does and another does not, one family does and another does not. The ones who do are forbidden and the one who do not are permitted. Calends. Though everyone does [idolatry?], only the worshipers are forbidden. Saturnalia. The day in which he seized control, Krateisis. The Day of Genusia [Birthday] of the kings of the idolaters is the day of each king and the day in which he like the rabble. An individual, even the day of his banquet and the day in which in which he took control. R. Meir says, "Even the day in which he was sick, it is forbidden [to do business]."
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