Mesorat%20hashas for Chagigah 3:7
הַפּוֹתֵחַ אֶת חָבִיתוֹ, וְהַמַּתְחִיל בְּעִסָּתוֹ עַל גַּב הָרֶגֶל, רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, יִגְמֹר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, לֹא יִגְמֹר. מִשֶּׁעָבַר הָרֶגֶל, הָיוּ מַעֲבִירִין עַל טָהֳרַת עֲזָרָה. עָבַר הָרֶגֶל בְּיוֹם שִׁשִּׁי, לֹא הָיוּ מַעֲבִירִין, מִפְּנֵי כְבוֹד הַשַּׁבָּת. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אַף לֹא בְיוֹם חֲמִישִׁי, שֶׁאֵין הַכֹּהֲנִים פְּנוּיִין:
If one [a chaver] opened his jug [to sell wine in Jerusalem for a festival] or began (to sell) his dough for a festival [and it was touched by amei ha'aretz] — R. Yehudah says: He may finish (selling it after the festival). The sages say: He may not finish. [For even though amei ha'aretz are clean at the time of the festival, it is not that their cleanliness is permanent, but that all are (considered) chaverim at the time of the festival. But after the festival, their touch renders (objects) unclean retroactively. As stated in our Mishnah: After the festival, they would immerse the vessels of the azarah, for amei ha'aretz had touched them on the festival. And R. Yehudah, who says that he may finish holds that if he is not permitted to finish he will not begin, and food will not be available for the festival pilgrims. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Yehudah.] After the festival, they would remove them [the vessels from their places to immerse them] to cleanse the azarah of the uncleanliness of the amei ha'aretz, who had touched them on the festival.] If the festival ended on Friday, they did not remove them because of the honor of the Sabbath, [i.e., because the Cohanim had to tend to their Sabbath needs in their houses.] R. Yehudah says: They also did not (remove them if the festival ended) on Thursday [They would not immerse them until after Shabbath]; for the Cohanim were not free [the day after yom tov to immerse them. For they were busy removing the ashes from the pile in the middle of the altar, which had accumulated there all the days of the festival from the (burning of) the wood-pile. The halachah is not in accordance with R. Yehudah.]
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