תלמוד על שבת 14:1

MISHNAH: A person may take a hammer to crack nuts, an axe to cut the fig cake, a saw to shave cheese with³A very hard cheese like Parmesan. In all cases of the Mishnah the use of the implement is inappropriate; this is no reason to exclude their use on the Sabbath., a rake to rake with it dried figs, a spade or a pitchfork⁴This also is the reading of the Mishnah in the Babli. In many Mishnah mss., including Maimonides’s autograph, the reading is מַזְלֵג “fork”. This is an acceptable reading since in Antiquity forks were not used at meals but in the kitchen; it still describes inappropriate use. to feed a child, a spindle or a spinning top to stick into something, a sewing needle to remove a thorn, and one of sack-clothiers to open a door.