שבת י״ח:ב׳ - י״ח:ג׳

חבילי – bundles/bunches.

זרדים – branches of the tree that are moist and we trim them for the food of cattle.

כופין את הסל לפני האפרוחים – We disturb the utensil (i.e., turn it over from its place so that it is not [functioning] for the young chickens are not standing upon it and the individual who states that the utensil is not being taken other than for the need of the things for which it is taken, our Mishnah establishes that is necessary for the place of the utensil.

שברחה – from the house.

עד שתכנס – and specifically drive it but not push and pull because the chicken lifts itself from the ground and it is found that he is carrying it but geese and other fowl one may lead them.

מדדין עגלים – grab hold of its neck and its sides and drag it and assist it to move its legs.

והאשה מדדה את בנה – she grabs hold of his arms from behind him and moves his feet and walks.

שנוטל אחת ומניח אחת – when the baby moves his legs, he places one leg down and lifts up the other.

אבל גורר אסור – when she carries him, and everywhere in the Mishnah where Rabbi Yehuda says, "אימתי"/”from when,” he does not come to dispute, but rather to explain the words of the Sages. Therefore, the Halakha is according to him.

אין מילדין – we do not draw forth the fetus from the womb on the Jewish holy day, for there is greater trouble.

אבל מסעדין – holds the fetus so that it would not fall to the ground.

חכמה – an expert midwife.

ממקום למקום – and we don’t worry about the prohibition of [Sabbath] boundaries.

ומחללין עליה את השבת – from the time that she sits on the travailing chair and the blood begins to flow gently until all three days after she has given birth, whether she said that “I need” [assistance] or whether she did not say that “I need” [assistance], [we violate (the Sabbath)]; from the third to the seventh [day] if she said, “I need” we violate [the Sabbath], but if she did not say, “I need [assistance],” we don’t violate [the Sabbath]. From the seventh to the thirtieth [day], even if she said: “I need [assistance].” We do not violate [the Sabbath]. But we perform her needs through a non-Jew because she is like a lick person which is not in a dangerous situation, and any thing where there is no danger, we perform her needs through a non-Jew.

וקושרים הטבור – of the fetus which is long and if we don’t tie it and fold it, its stomach will come out, but we don’t sever it on Shabbat according to the words of the first Tanna/teacher [of the Mishnah].

ר' יוסי אומר אף חותכין – and the Halakha is according to Rabbi Yosi, that we cut it and clean it and place upon it a bandage (אבק הדם ) and similar kinds of things.

וכל צרכי מילה עושין בשבת – and further on in the next chapter (chapter 19) it will explain what are the needs of circumcision.