מי שזמן אצלו אורחים, לא יוליכו בידם מנות, אלא כן אם זיכה להם מנותיהם מערב יום טוב.
S/he who invited guests to his/her house, they should not take away portions of food in their hand, unless somebody had transferred ownership of their portions on the eve of the festival day.
מי שזימן אצלו אורחין, לא יוליכו בידן מנות, אלא כן אם זיכה להם אחר במנותיהם מערב יום טוב. מה הן מוליכין מבית המשתה? חתיכה וגלוסקא וביצה מתובלת. רבן שמעון בן גמליאל אומ': מקום שנהגו לחלק אגוזין וקליות וטרולוס, יוליכו. בנו ובתו הקטנים מוליכין עמו לבית האבל ולבית המשתה ולבית השמחה כמקום שנהגו. לא יתן אדם ממנתו לבנו ובתו של בעל הבית, משם איבה. אין חפין ואין מתגררין ביום טוב, ואין שפין כלי כסף בקרקטין, ואין מדיחין את הכלים בנתר, אבל מדיחין אותן במלח ובמורסן בשבת, ואין צריך לומר ביום טוב.
S/he who invited guests to his/her house, they should not take away portions of food in their hand, unless somebody had transferred ownership of their portions on the eve of the festival day. What do they [legitimately] bring home from a banquet house? A piece of meat, a roll, and a spiced egg. Rabban Shime‛on ben Gamli’el says: In a locale in which it is the custom to hand out nuts and dried corn [on a] spoon, they bring that home. Her/his minor son and daughter s/he brings with him/her to a house of mourning, a house of banqueting, or a house of celebration, to a place in which this was customary. A person should not give part of his present of food to the son and daughter of the householder, because of jealousy. They do not shampoo or rub [hair] on the festival day. And they do not clean silver utensils from Crete. And they do not rinse utensils with soda. But they rinse them with salt and with brine on Shabbat, and it goes without saying, on the festival day.
@General observations
Somebody invites guests to his/her home and prepares food. Since the owner has not made an eruv tehumim that would allow his/her guest to reach his/her home, the food may not be taken there (see the commentary on Mishnah 7. mBetsah 5:3-5). If, however, s/he had legally transferred ownership of his/her guests’ portions to them prior to the festival, the portions are subject to their tehum and may be taken back to their homes or anywhere else within their tehum limits. A transfer of ownership is even effective when the host hands the portions to a third party who acquires them on behalf of the host’s guests.
@Feminist observations
To the discussion in the Mishnah, the Tosefta adds another tradition in the name of Rabban Shime‘on ben Gamli’el about a daughter and a son who were treated equally. We learn that daughters as well as sons were taken everywhere as long as they were still minors, depending on local custom. This means that girls did not necessarily stay at home with their mothers and only boys were taken along on special occasions, but that both accompanied their parents. The equality between sons and daughters is further demonstrated in a second example of giving presents to children. This issue will be discussed within the commentary on Bavli 2/1. bBetsah 16a. The Mishnah again ignores the rulings of Rabban Gamli’el.