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Chapter 1, Mishna 1 Opening a new tractate – on the laws of Festivals and how they differ from the laws of Shabbos – with a challenging debate on whether it is permitted to eat an egg on a Festival that was laid that day. Beis Hillel say no, Beis Shammai say yes, in a switch of their usual positions vis-a-vis stringency/leniency. The key issue is whether one may use something that was not prepared for use, i.e. set aside from use (muktzeh), on the Festival, and this newly formed egg could not have been designated for use since it didn’t exist before the Festival…