Talmud su Menahot 10:11

MISHNAH: Five kinds are subject to ḥallah: wheat, barley, spelt, foxtail, and oats¹For the determination of these grains, see Kilaim 1, Notes 2–3. In current practice, שיפון is interpreted as rye, following Rashi. Flour made from these and only these grains qualifies as bread flour. All other flours are cake flours; bread made from them is legally cake.. These are subject to ḥallah and combine with one another²Mixed dough is subject to ḥallah if the volume of flour used is at least that specified in Mishnah 2:6.. They are forbidden as new grain before Passover³Lev. 23:14. and may not be cut before the ‘omer⁴The ‘omer is the sheaf of barley cut first in the spring harvest and brought to the Temple (Lev. 23:10), in rabbinic interpretation on the second day of Passover, the 16^th of Nisan.. If they formed roots before the ‘omer, the ‘omer permits them⁵While the first harvest is that of barley, all other grains, including wheat, are immediately permitted for profane use. Only for the Temple is new wheat forbidden until the Festival of First Fruits, Lev. 23:16.; otherwise, they are forbidden until the next ‘omer.

Rav Ḥisda said, once the Land of Israel was dry (and they collected from Gaggot-Ṣerifin²⁷Mishnah Menaḥot10:2. Ṣerifin probably is Serafand in the plain NE of Jerusalem..) [and they did not know from where to bring²⁸As spelled out in the Mishnah (and B), the problem was to find barley grain for the `omer which must be brought from the produce of the Land. Babli Menaḥot64b.. There was there a mute person who put one hand on roofs and another on a shed. They brought him before Petaḥiah, who told them, is there a place called Gaggot-Ṣerifin or Ṣerifin-Gaggot? They went there and found.] Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, once the entire world<sup>29</sup>In B: The Land of Israel. The Mishnah refers to wheat grain for the Two Breads. was burned and they did not know from where to bring. There was there a mute person who put one of his hands over his eyes and one hand on a door lock. They brought him before Petaḥiah, who told them, is there a place called `Ein-Sokher³⁰A place near Sichem (Nablus.) or Sokher-Ayin. They went there and found.

Rebbi Zeïra in the name of Rebbi Eleazar: Both Rebbi Meïr³⁹In our Mishnah, referring to peah. and Rebbi Jehudah⁴⁰In Mishnah Menaḥot 10:8, dealing with the prohibition of using grain from the new harvest before the presentation of the ‘omer on the 16th of Nisan. We insist that they follow the same principle in both cases eventhough we have no statement of R. Jehudah on peah and no statement of R. Meïr about cutting green grain as animal fodder. said the same. Just as Rebbi Meïr said that he who cuts for fodder separates, so Rebbi Jehudah will say that he who cuts for fodder separates. Just as Rebbi Jehudah said that an obligation for peah separates⁴¹This statement is not obvious and has to be proven later., so Rebbi Meïr will say that an obligation for peah separates. But we find that Rebbi Meïr says that an obligation for peah separates⁴²From the Tosephta it will be deduced that everybody, including Rebbi Meïr, agrees that an independent obligation of peah between two fields separates the two fields into two entities from each of which one must give peah. since we have stated⁴³Tosephta Peah 1:8. A field on which grain grows but which is destroyed during growth is not subject to the obligation of peah.: “If locusts ate it, ants undermined it, or a storm or animals broke it, it is free⁴⁴Cf. Mishnah 2:7.; everybody agrees that if he ploughed⁴⁵If he ploughed under the empty stalks remaining after the disaster. “It” in this sentence refers to the ruined field. it separates, if he did not plough it does not interrupt⁴⁶If only part of the field was destroyed it is as if the entire field was sown but part of the seed grain did not germinate; it therefore remains one field..” Who is “everybody”? Does not Rebbi Meïr say, if it is free from peah⁴⁷Since it belongs to the same field and without the disaster there would not have been any separate obligation of peah, only separate ploughing will create two obligations. But if there were a separate obligation from the start, as in the example quoted next from R. Jehudah, then it seems that there are two obligations of peah created., but if it were obligated it would interrupt even if he did not plough. Parallel to what we stated there⁴⁸Mishnah Menaḥot 10:8. There is a Biblical prohibition on using new grain for human consumption before the 16th of Nisan (Lev. 23:14) and a rabbinical prohibition to harvest before that time. However, that rabbinical prohibition is waived either if it would cause monetary loss (as for fields in the region of Jericho that ripen very early) or if the grain is not used for humans. R. Simeon permits cutting for fodder anytime, R. Jehudah allows it only if the grain is less than one third ripe (since afterwards it is fit for human consumption as “green kernels”).: “Rebbi Jehudah said, when? If he started before it was one-third ripe, but if it is one-third ripe one is forbidden to cut.” If he cuts⁴⁹After the grain is one-third ripened and the grain is potential human food. (“R. Yudan” here refers to R. Jehudah bar Illaï.) he is obligated for peah. And anything that is obligated for peah separates⁵⁰If he harvested a strip of unripe grain in a field, he has to give peah from this strip. If that strip separated the remaining grain into two disjoint pieces, the two fields now are separately liable for peah..

MISHNAH: Any useless¹²For the definition of “useless tree”, cf. Kilaim Chapter 6, Note 40. or fruit trees are considered as if they were fig trees³⁵A fig tree of the size of the tree in question.. If they would produce a fig cake in the weight of a talent of 60 Italic minas¹⁶Since an Italic denar weighed ¹/₉₆ of a Roman pound, or 3.59 g, 60 minas or 6000 denar are approximately 21.5 kg. Maimonides estimates this as 62.48 rotl. He declares (Terumot 4:10) a rotl to be a Roman pound (the common apothecary’s weight in the Middle Ages); in Roman measures, 60 minas are 62.5 Roman pounds. one ploughs the entire bet seah because of them. If less, one ploughs for them only as necessary³⁶Space for the harvester and his basket..
If one tree yields a “fig cake” but two do not, or two do and one does not, one only ploughs for them as necessary, unless there are three, and so from three to nine³⁹The tree must yield at least 20 minas in weight, its share in the 60 minas expected from three trees. The Halakhah will explain the meaning of “from three to nine”.. If there are ten or more than ten one ploughs the entire bet seah because of them, whether they produce or not, since it is said (Ex. 34:21): : “You shall rest from ploughing and harvesting.⁴⁰Without good reason, one may not plough.”
One does not have to mention ploughing and harvesting of the Sabbatical, but it refers to ploughing in the year preceding the Sabbatical in preparation of the Sabbatical, and harvesting of Sabbatical growth after the Sabbatical. Rebbi Ismael says, just as ploughing is voluntary so harvesting is voluntary; this excludes the harvest of the ‘omer⁴³This belongs to the discussion of the verse (Ex. 34:21): : “You shall rest from ploughing and harvesting,” as given in Halakhah 1, Notes 1–4. The only addition is the statement of R. Ismael, that the verse refers to the Sabbath day, on which all ploughing is forbidden; this has no definite date assigned to it. For him, while the verse is formulated as a prohibition, it implies the commandment to cut the sheaf of barley “on the day after the day of rest” following Passover (Lev. 23:15), even if that day should be a Sabbath (the 16th of Nissan for Pharisees, the 22nd of Nissan for the author of the book of Jubilees.) Cf. Mekhilta deR.Simeon bar Ioḥai to Ex. 34:22..

“The excess of the ‘omer.” The Mishnah is not Rebbi Aqiba’s since Rebbi Aqiba makes it liable for heave and tithes¹⁴¹Mishnah Menaḥot 10(6):4; Babli Menaḥot 66b–67a..

Does it follow him who says the Pesaḥ of women is voluntary¹⁹⁴That they refused to let Joseph the Cohen bring the Second Pesaḥ for his entire family. The same discussion in Pesaḥim 8:1 (fol. 35d), Qiddušin 1:8 (fol. 61c); cf. Babli Pesaḥim 93a, Mekhilta R. Ismael Ba 3, Mekhilta R. Simeon bar Ioḥai p. 10.? It was stated¹⁹⁵Tosephta Pesaḥim 8:10. There, the opinion of R. Meïr is attributed to R. Jehudah.: “A woman may make the First Pesaḥ by herself and the Second joining others¹⁹⁶Joining a group of men who are biblically obligated; cf. Note 177., the words of Rebbi Meïr. Rebbi Yose says, a woman may make the Second Pesaḥ by herself, even on the Sabbath¹⁹⁷If the 14th of Iyar is a Sabbath, the sacrifice has precedence over the Sabbath., and certainly the First. Rebbi Simeon ben Eleazar says, a woman may make the First Pesaḥ joining others but does not make the Second.” What is the reason of Rebbi Meïr? (Ex. 12:3) “Every man a sheep for the family,” if they want “a sheep for the house¹⁹⁸Everywhere in rabbinic Hebrew, “house” of a family is the wife..” What is the reason of Rebbi Yose, “Every man a sheep for the family,” a fortiori “a sheep for the house.” What is the reason of Rebbi Simeon ben Eleazar? “Every man”, not woman. How do the rabbis uphold “man”? A man, not a minor¹⁹⁹In the Tosephta (Note 195) the reason they turned back Joseph the Cohen was not that he brought his wife and children but his minor grandson. In that version, there is no place for disagreement or special situation.. Rebbi Jonah said, even according to him who says it is an obligation, it is different here since the occasion was news, that it should not become an obligation²⁰⁰If a renowned authority does something, everybody will rush to emulate him and in the next generation it will already be a common standard and acquire the status of “practice of the forefathers from time immemorial”. Even R. Yose will agree that in such a situation one should not allow a public display of special devotion. The Babli Pesaḥim 93a quotes a Tosephta which includes women impure because of childbirth in the list of persons obligated to observe the Second Pesaḥ.. Did we not hold²⁰¹Mishnah Menaḥot 10:6, Babli Menaḥot 69a, speaking of First Fruits. There seems to be no reason why the people from Hyena Mountain should not be permitted to bring their first fruits early. The answer is, they would have been permitted had some of them come as individuals. But that the people from an entire region should come publicly to do what is only tolerated is unacceptable.: “Before the Two Breads one should not bring but if somebody brought it is acceptable?” It is different here since the occasion was news, that it should not become an obligation. Did we not state²⁰²Mishnah Temurah 3:5. Why should Ben-Atitas not be permitted to bring his firstlings?: “If they were without blemish they should be sacrificed”? It is different here since the occasion was news, that it should not become an obligation.

Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish asked, does cutting the `omer during daytime push aside the Sabbath<sup>138</sup>This paragraph is copied in Roš Haššanah1:10 (ה).
Since the `omer must be brought at a fixed time, in pharisaic-rabbinic tradition on the 16th of Nisan (in the standard Sadducee tradition of the Book of Jubilees on Nisan 22, in Boethusian tradition on the Sunday of the Passover week), the fixed date overrules any Sabbath prohibition. Since the grain has to be parched (Lev. 2:14), the offering involves a Sabbath violation. It is prescribed that the grain be newly cut (Lev. 23:10). By tradition this has to be done in the night of Nisan 16. The question is whether it may be done the next morning if the 16th of Nisan is a Sabbath, since in this case the commandment would not be executed in the best manner.? Rebbi Abbai objected, did we not state¹³⁹Mishnah Menaḥot10:9. The Mishnah seems to exclude any doubt about R. Simeon ben Laqish’s question., “its obligation is to harvest during nighttime. If it was cut during daytime it is qualified and pushes the Sabbath aside.” But he did not accept it¹⁴⁰He interprets the clause “and pushes the Sabbath aside” only as referring to cutting during nighttime.. Rebbi Aḥa said, Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish changed his opinion because of this¹⁴¹The clause must refer to the entire statement of the Mishnah.: “After nightfall he says to them, did the sun set? They say, yes. Did the sun set? They say, yes.¹⁴²Mishnah Menaḥot10:3, describing the cutting of the barley for the `omer on a Sabbath.” Where do we hold? If about nighttime, that already was said<sup>143</sup>Why does the priest charged with the cutting have to ask the attending crowd twice whether this is the right time to do the cutting? (The Babli takes it as an anti-Sadducee-Boethusian demonstration.). But if it does not refer to nighttime, let it refer to daytime; it is a matter that pushes aside the Sabbath during daytime. Do the preparations<sup>144</sup>Transporting the scythe and the storage boxes to the place of harvesting. push aside the Sabbath during nighttime? Did we not state<sup>145</sup>Mishnah Tamid1:3. The pan-baked breads are for the daily offering by the High Priest (cf. Yoma1:1, Note 26.) Baking the breads only is a preparation for the offering., “they made the maker of pan-baked breads make pan-baked breads.” Explain it, on a weekday. Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Ada stated<sup>146</sup>Mishnah Tamid7:3, covering all the preceding rules, without distinction between Sabbath and weekday., “this is the daily order of service of our God’s Temple,” whether on a weekday or a Sabbath. But did we not state<sup>147</sup>Mishnah Menaḥot10:4, again about the `omer. Parching the grain usually is done during nighttime but there are no rules prohibiting doing it early in the morning., “they harvested it and put it in boxes, brought it to the Temple courtyard, and were parching it in fire to fulfill the commandment of roasting. Rebbi Yose¹⁴⁸The Amora. He notes that the Mishnah has no relevance for the question about preparations. Since cutting the grain in the night was a Sabbath violation, it is clear that there is authorization to finish the entire ceremony on the Sabbath. This implies nothing if there was no action during the night. said, since he started the meritorious work, one tells him to complete it.” Rebbi Judah from Kappadokia objected before Rebbi Yose: Think of it, if it came from storage. Since he did not start the meritorious work, there is no reason to tell him to complete it¹⁴⁹If no new grain was growing by Passover and grain from storage was used, there seems to be no authorization to parch it on the Sabbath.. Rebbi Jacob bar Sosai objected before Rebbi Yose, did we not state, “for on a distance of walking a night and a day one desecrates the Sabbath and goes for testimony of the new moon”¹⁵⁰As a matter of principle testimony may be received only during daytime. If people leave their Sabbath domain during nighttime in order to testify during daytime, the action in the night has the status of preparation for the main event during daytime.? He said to them, since the daytime needs the nighttime¹⁵¹Otherwise they could not appear in Court during daytime. and the nighttime needs the daytime, it is as if it were all daytime. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, is it not sanctified retroactively¹⁵²If the day is determined to be one of the New Moon (or in Tishre New Year’s day) it receives this status from the preceding evening. Therefore every year one has to observe the restrictions of the holiday starting with the evening of the 30th of Elul even if no witnesses of the New Moon are yet known.? Since it is sanctified retroactively there is no difference between day and night.

Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish asked, does cutting the `omer during daytime push aside the Sabbath<sup>138</sup>This paragraph is copied in Roš Haššanah1:10 (ה).
Since the `omer must be brought at a fixed time, in pharisaic-rabbinic tradition on the 16th of Nisan (in the standard Sadducee tradition of the Book of Jubilees on Nisan 22, in Boethusian tradition on the Sunday of the Passover week), the fixed date overrules any Sabbath prohibition. Since the grain has to be parched (Lev. 2:14), the offering involves a Sabbath violation. It is prescribed that the grain be newly cut (Lev. 23:10). By tradition this has to be done in the night of Nisan 16. The question is whether it may be done the next morning if the 16th of Nisan is a Sabbath, since in this case the commandment would not be executed in the best manner.? Rebbi Abbai objected, did we not state¹³⁹Mishnah Menaḥot10:9. The Mishnah seems to exclude any doubt about R. Simeon ben Laqish’s question., “its obligation is to harvest during nighttime. If it was cut during daytime it is qualified and pushes the Sabbath aside.” But he did not accept it¹⁴⁰He interprets the clause “and pushes the Sabbath aside” only as referring to cutting during nighttime.. Rebbi Aḥa said, Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish changed his opinion because of this¹⁴¹The clause must refer to the entire statement of the Mishnah.: “After nightfall he says to them, did the sun set? They say, yes. Did the sun set? They say, yes.¹⁴²Mishnah Menaḥot10:3, describing the cutting of the barley for the `omer on a Sabbath.” Where do we hold? If about nighttime, that already was said<sup>143</sup>Why does the priest charged with the cutting have to ask the attending crowd twice whether this is the right time to do the cutting? (The Babli takes it as an anti-Sadducee-Boethusian demonstration.). But if it does not refer to nighttime, let it refer to daytime; it is a matter that pushes aside the Sabbath during daytime. Do the preparations<sup>144</sup>Transporting the scythe and the storage boxes to the place of harvesting. push aside the Sabbath during nighttime? Did we not state<sup>145</sup>Mishnah Tamid1:3. The pan-baked breads are for the daily offering by the High Priest (cf. Yoma1:1, Note 26.) Baking the breads only is a preparation for the offering., “they made the maker of pan-baked breads make pan-baked breads.” Explain it, on a weekday. Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Ada stated<sup>146</sup>Mishnah Tamid7:3, covering all the preceding rules, without distinction between Sabbath and weekday., “this is the daily order of service of our God’s Temple,” whether on a weekday or a Sabbath. But did we not state<sup>147</sup>Mishnah Menaḥot10:4, again about the `omer. Parching the grain usually is done during nighttime but there are no rules prohibiting doing it early in the morning., “they harvested it and put it in boxes, brought it to the Temple courtyard, and were parching it in fire to fulfill the commandment of roasting. Rebbi Yose¹⁴⁸The Amora. He notes that the Mishnah has no relevance for the question about preparations. Since cutting the grain in the night was a Sabbath violation, it is clear that there is authorization to finish the entire ceremony on the Sabbath. This implies nothing if there was no action during the night. said, since he started the meritorious work, one tells him to complete it.” Rebbi Judah from Kappadokia objected before Rebbi Yose: Think of it, if it came from storage. Since he did not start the meritorious work, there is no reason to tell him to complete it¹⁴⁹If no new grain was growing by Passover and grain from storage was used, there seems to be no authorization to parch it on the Sabbath.. Rebbi Jacob bar Sosai objected before Rebbi Yose, did we not state, “for on a distance of walking a night and a day one desecrates the Sabbath and goes for testimony of the new moon”¹⁵⁰As a matter of principle testimony may be received only during daytime. If people leave their Sabbath domain during nighttime in order to testify during daytime, the action in the night has the status of preparation for the main event during daytime.? He said to them, since the daytime needs the nighttime¹⁵¹Otherwise they could not appear in Court during daytime. and the nighttime needs the daytime, it is as if it were all daytime. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, is it not sanctified retroactively¹⁵²If the day is determined to be one of the New Moon (or in Tishre New Year’s day) it receives this status from the preceding evening. Therefore every year one has to observe the restrictions of the holiday starting with the evening of the 30th of Elul even if no witnesses of the New Moon are yet known.? Since it is sanctified retroactively there is no difference between day and night.

Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish asked, does cutting the `omer during daytime push aside the Sabbath<sup>138</sup>This paragraph is copied in Roš Haššanah1:10 (ה).
Since the `omer must be brought at a fixed time, in pharisaic-rabbinic tradition on the 16th of Nisan (in the standard Sadducee tradition of the Book of Jubilees on Nisan 22, in Boethusian tradition on the Sunday of the Passover week), the fixed date overrules any Sabbath prohibition. Since the grain has to be parched (Lev. 2:14), the offering involves a Sabbath violation. It is prescribed that the grain be newly cut (Lev. 23:10). By tradition this has to be done in the night of Nisan 16. The question is whether it may be done the next morning if the 16th of Nisan is a Sabbath, since in this case the commandment would not be executed in the best manner.? Rebbi Abbai objected, did we not state¹³⁹Mishnah Menaḥot10:9. The Mishnah seems to exclude any doubt about R. Simeon ben Laqish’s question., “its obligation is to harvest during nighttime. If it was cut during daytime it is qualified and pushes the Sabbath aside.” But he did not accept it¹⁴⁰He interprets the clause “and pushes the Sabbath aside” only as referring to cutting during nighttime.. Rebbi Aḥa said, Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish changed his opinion because of this¹⁴¹The clause must refer to the entire statement of the Mishnah.: “After nightfall he says to them, did the sun set? They say, yes. Did the sun set? They say, yes.¹⁴²Mishnah Menaḥot10:3, describing the cutting of the barley for the `omer on a Sabbath.” Where do we hold? If about nighttime, that already was said<sup>143</sup>Why does the priest charged with the cutting have to ask the attending crowd twice whether this is the right time to do the cutting? (The Babli takes it as an anti-Sadducee-Boethusian demonstration.). But if it does not refer to nighttime, let it refer to daytime; it is a matter that pushes aside the Sabbath during daytime. Do the preparations<sup>144</sup>Transporting the scythe and the storage boxes to the place of harvesting. push aside the Sabbath during nighttime? Did we not state<sup>145</sup>Mishnah Tamid1:3. The pan-baked breads are for the daily offering by the High Priest (cf. Yoma1:1, Note 26.) Baking the breads only is a preparation for the offering., “they made the maker of pan-baked breads make pan-baked breads.” Explain it, on a weekday. Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Ada stated<sup>146</sup>Mishnah Tamid7:3, covering all the preceding rules, without distinction between Sabbath and weekday., “this is the daily order of service of our God’s Temple,” whether on a weekday or a Sabbath. But did we not state<sup>147</sup>Mishnah Menaḥot10:4, again about the `omer. Parching the grain usually is done during nighttime but there are no rules prohibiting doing it early in the morning., “they harvested it and put it in boxes, brought it to the Temple courtyard, and were parching it in fire to fulfill the commandment of roasting. Rebbi Yose¹⁴⁸The Amora. He notes that the Mishnah has no relevance for the question about preparations. Since cutting the grain in the night was a Sabbath violation, it is clear that there is authorization to finish the entire ceremony on the Sabbath. This implies nothing if there was no action during the night. said, since he started the meritorious work, one tells him to complete it.” Rebbi Judah from Kappadokia objected before Rebbi Yose: Think of it, if it came from storage. Since he did not start the meritorious work, there is no reason to tell him to complete it¹⁴⁹If no new grain was growing by Passover and grain from storage was used, there seems to be no authorization to parch it on the Sabbath.. Rebbi Jacob bar Sosai objected before Rebbi Yose, did we not state, “for on a distance of walking a night and a day one desecrates the Sabbath and goes for testimony of the new moon”¹⁵⁰As a matter of principle testimony may be received only during daytime. If people leave their Sabbath domain during nighttime in order to testify during daytime, the action in the night has the status of preparation for the main event during daytime.? He said to them, since the daytime needs the nighttime¹⁵¹Otherwise they could not appear in Court during daytime. and the nighttime needs the daytime, it is as if it were all daytime. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, is it not sanctified retroactively¹⁵²If the day is determined to be one of the New Moon (or in Tishre New Year’s day) it receives this status from the preceding evening. Therefore every year one has to observe the restrictions of the holiday starting with the evening of the 30th of Elul even if no witnesses of the New Moon are yet known.? Since it is sanctified retroactively there is no difference between day and night.

Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish asked, does cutting the `omer during daytime push aside the Sabbath<sup>320</sup>Since the `omer, the offering of new barley in the Temple, must be brought at a fixed time, in pharisaic-rabbinic tradition on the 16th of Nisan (in the standard Sadducee tradition of the Book of Jubilees on Nisan 22, in Boethusian tradition on the Sunday of the Passover week), the fixed date overrules any Sabbath prohibition. Since the grain has to be parched (Lev. 2:14), the offering involves a Sabbath violation. It is prescribed that the grain be newly cut (Lev. 23:10). By tradition this has to be done in the night of Nisan 16. The question is whether it may be done the next morning if the 16th of Nisan is a Sabbath, since in this case the commandment would not be executed in the best manner.? Rebbi Abbai objected, did we not state³²¹Mishnah Menaḥot 10:9. The Mishnah seems to exclude any doubt about R. Simeon ben Laqish’s question., “its obligation is to harvest during nighttime. If it was cut during daytime it is qualified and pushes the Sabbath aside.” But he did not accept it³²²He interprets the clause “and pushes the Sabbath aside” only as referring to cutting during nighttime.. Rebbi Aḥa said, Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish changed his opinion about this³²³The clause must refer to the entire statement of the Mishnah.. “After nightfall he says to them, did the sun set? They say, yes. Did the sun set? They say, yes.³²⁴Mishnah Menaḥot 10:3, describing the cutting of the barley for the `omer an a Sabbath.” Where do we hold? If about nighttime, that already was said<sup>325</sup>Why does the priest charged with the cutting have to ask the attending crowd twice whether this is the right time to do the cutting? (The Babli takes it as an anti-Sadducee-Boethusian demonstration.). But if it does not refer to nighttime, let it refer to daytime; it is a matter that pushes aside the Sabbath during daytime. Do the preparations<sup>326</sup>Transporting the scythe and the storage boxes to the place of harvesting. push aside the Sabbath during nighttime? Did we not state<sup>327</sup>Mishnah Tamid 1:3. The pan-baked breads are for the daily offering of the High Priest (cf. Yoma 1:1, Note 26.) Baking the breads only is a preparation for the offering., “they made the maker of pan-baked breads make pan-baked breads.” Explain it, on a weekday. Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Ada stated<sup>328</sup>Mishnah Tamid 7:3, covering all the preceding rules, without distinction between Sabbath and weekday., “this is the daily order of service of our God’s Temple,” whether on a weekday or a Sabbath. But did we not state<sup>329</sup>Mishnah Menaḥot 10:4, again about the `omer. Parching the grain usually is done during nighttime but there are no rules prohibiting doing it early in the morning., “they harvested it and put it in boxes, brought it to the Temple courtyard, and were parching it in fire to fulfill the commandment of roasting, [the words of Rebbi Meïr. Rebbi Yose³³⁰The Amora. He notes that the Mishnah has no relevance for the question about preparations. Since cutting the grain in the night was a Sabbath violation, it is clear that there is authorization to finish the entire ceremony on the Sabbath. This implies nothing if there was no action during the night. says], since he started the meritorious work, one tells him to complete it.” Rebbi Judah from Kappadokia objected before Rebbi Yose: Think of it, if it came from storage. Since he started the meritorious work, there is no reason to tell him to complete it³³¹If no new grain was growing by Passover and grain from storage was used, there seems to be no authorization to parch it on the Sabbath.. Rebbi Jacob bar Sosai objected, did we not state, “for on a distance of walking a night and a day one desecrates the Sabbath and goes for testimony of the new moon”³³²As a matter of principle testimony may be received only during daytime. If people leave their Sabbath domain during nighttime in order to testify during daytime, the action in the night has the status of preparation for the main event during daytime.? He said to them, since the daytime needs the nighttime³³³Otherwise they could not appear in Court during daytime. and the nighttime needs the daytime, it is as if it were all daytime. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, is it not sanctified retroactively³³⁴If the day is determined to be one of the New Moon (or in Tishre New Year’s day) it receives this status from the preceding evening. Therefore every year one has to observe the restrictions of the holiday starting with the evening of the 30th of Elul even if no witnesses of the New Moon are yet known.? Since it is sanctified retroactively there is no difference between day and night.

Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish asked, does cutting the `omer during daytime push aside the Sabbath<sup>320</sup>Since the `omer, the offering of new barley in the Temple, must be brought at a fixed time, in pharisaic-rabbinic tradition on the 16th of Nisan (in the standard Sadducee tradition of the Book of Jubilees on Nisan 22, in Boethusian tradition on the Sunday of the Passover week), the fixed date overrules any Sabbath prohibition. Since the grain has to be parched (Lev. 2:14), the offering involves a Sabbath violation. It is prescribed that the grain be newly cut (Lev. 23:10). By tradition this has to be done in the night of Nisan 16. The question is whether it may be done the next morning if the 16th of Nisan is a Sabbath, since in this case the commandment would not be executed in the best manner.? Rebbi Abbai objected, did we not state³²¹Mishnah Menaḥot 10:9. The Mishnah seems to exclude any doubt about R. Simeon ben Laqish’s question., “its obligation is to harvest during nighttime. If it was cut during daytime it is qualified and pushes the Sabbath aside.” But he did not accept it³²²He interprets the clause “and pushes the Sabbath aside” only as referring to cutting during nighttime.. Rebbi Aḥa said, Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish changed his opinion about this³²³The clause must refer to the entire statement of the Mishnah.. “After nightfall he says to them, did the sun set? They say, yes. Did the sun set? They say, yes.³²⁴Mishnah Menaḥot 10:3, describing the cutting of the barley for the `omer an a Sabbath.” Where do we hold? If about nighttime, that already was said<sup>325</sup>Why does the priest charged with the cutting have to ask the attending crowd twice whether this is the right time to do the cutting? (The Babli takes it as an anti-Sadducee-Boethusian demonstration.). But if it does not refer to nighttime, let it refer to daytime; it is a matter that pushes aside the Sabbath during daytime. Do the preparations<sup>326</sup>Transporting the scythe and the storage boxes to the place of harvesting. push aside the Sabbath during nighttime? Did we not state<sup>327</sup>Mishnah Tamid 1:3. The pan-baked breads are for the daily offering of the High Priest (cf. Yoma 1:1, Note 26.) Baking the breads only is a preparation for the offering., “they made the maker of pan-baked breads make pan-baked breads.” Explain it, on a weekday. Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Ada stated<sup>328</sup>Mishnah Tamid 7:3, covering all the preceding rules, without distinction between Sabbath and weekday., “this is the daily order of service of our God’s Temple,” whether on a weekday or a Sabbath. But did we not state<sup>329</sup>Mishnah Menaḥot 10:4, again about the `omer. Parching the grain usually is done during nighttime but there are no rules prohibiting doing it early in the morning., “they harvested it and put it in boxes, brought it to the Temple courtyard, and were parching it in fire to fulfill the commandment of roasting, [the words of Rebbi Meïr. Rebbi Yose³³⁰The Amora. He notes that the Mishnah has no relevance for the question about preparations. Since cutting the grain in the night was a Sabbath violation, it is clear that there is authorization to finish the entire ceremony on the Sabbath. This implies nothing if there was no action during the night. says], since he started the meritorious work, one tells him to complete it.” Rebbi Judah from Kappadokia objected before Rebbi Yose: Think of it, if it came from storage. Since he started the meritorious work, there is no reason to tell him to complete it³³¹If no new grain was growing by Passover and grain from storage was used, there seems to be no authorization to parch it on the Sabbath.. Rebbi Jacob bar Sosai objected, did we not state, “for on a distance of walking a night and a day one desecrates the Sabbath and goes for testimony of the new moon”³³²As a matter of principle testimony may be received only during daytime. If people leave their Sabbath domain during nighttime in order to testify during daytime, the action in the night has the status of preparation for the main event during daytime.? He said to them, since the daytime needs the nighttime³³³Otherwise they could not appear in Court during daytime. and the nighttime needs the daytime, it is as if it were all daytime. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, is it not sanctified retroactively³³⁴If the day is determined to be one of the New Moon (or in Tishre New Year’s day) it receives this status from the preceding evening. Therefore every year one has to observe the restrictions of the holiday starting with the evening of the 30th of Elul even if no witnesses of the New Moon are yet known.? Since it is sanctified retroactively there is no difference between day and night.

Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish asked, does cutting the `omer during daytime push aside the Sabbath<sup>320</sup>Since the `omer, the offering of new barley in the Temple, must be brought at a fixed time, in pharisaic-rabbinic tradition on the 16th of Nisan (in the standard Sadducee tradition of the Book of Jubilees on Nisan 22, in Boethusian tradition on the Sunday of the Passover week), the fixed date overrules any Sabbath prohibition. Since the grain has to be parched (Lev. 2:14), the offering involves a Sabbath violation. It is prescribed that the grain be newly cut (Lev. 23:10). By tradition this has to be done in the night of Nisan 16. The question is whether it may be done the next morning if the 16th of Nisan is a Sabbath, since in this case the commandment would not be executed in the best manner.? Rebbi Abbai objected, did we not state³²¹Mishnah Menaḥot 10:9. The Mishnah seems to exclude any doubt about R. Simeon ben Laqish’s question., “its obligation is to harvest during nighttime. If it was cut during daytime it is qualified and pushes the Sabbath aside.” But he did not accept it³²²He interprets the clause “and pushes the Sabbath aside” only as referring to cutting during nighttime.. Rebbi Aḥa said, Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish changed his opinion about this³²³The clause must refer to the entire statement of the Mishnah.. “After nightfall he says to them, did the sun set? They say, yes. Did the sun set? They say, yes.³²⁴Mishnah Menaḥot 10:3, describing the cutting of the barley for the `omer an a Sabbath.” Where do we hold? If about nighttime, that already was said<sup>325</sup>Why does the priest charged with the cutting have to ask the attending crowd twice whether this is the right time to do the cutting? (The Babli takes it as an anti-Sadducee-Boethusian demonstration.). But if it does not refer to nighttime, let it refer to daytime; it is a matter that pushes aside the Sabbath during daytime. Do the preparations<sup>326</sup>Transporting the scythe and the storage boxes to the place of harvesting. push aside the Sabbath during nighttime? Did we not state<sup>327</sup>Mishnah Tamid 1:3. The pan-baked breads are for the daily offering of the High Priest (cf. Yoma 1:1, Note 26.) Baking the breads only is a preparation for the offering., “they made the maker of pan-baked breads make pan-baked breads.” Explain it, on a weekday. Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Ada stated<sup>328</sup>Mishnah Tamid 7:3, covering all the preceding rules, without distinction between Sabbath and weekday., “this is the daily order of service of our God’s Temple,” whether on a weekday or a Sabbath. But did we not state<sup>329</sup>Mishnah Menaḥot 10:4, again about the `omer. Parching the grain usually is done during nighttime but there are no rules prohibiting doing it early in the morning., “they harvested it and put it in boxes, brought it to the Temple courtyard, and were parching it in fire to fulfill the commandment of roasting, [the words of Rebbi Meïr. Rebbi Yose³³⁰The Amora. He notes that the Mishnah has no relevance for the question about preparations. Since cutting the grain in the night was a Sabbath violation, it is clear that there is authorization to finish the entire ceremony on the Sabbath. This implies nothing if there was no action during the night. says], since he started the meritorious work, one tells him to complete it.” Rebbi Judah from Kappadokia objected before Rebbi Yose: Think of it, if it came from storage. Since he started the meritorious work, there is no reason to tell him to complete it³³¹If no new grain was growing by Passover and grain from storage was used, there seems to be no authorization to parch it on the Sabbath.. Rebbi Jacob bar Sosai objected, did we not state, “for on a distance of walking a night and a day one desecrates the Sabbath and goes for testimony of the new moon”³³²As a matter of principle testimony may be received only during daytime. If people leave their Sabbath domain during nighttime in order to testify during daytime, the action in the night has the status of preparation for the main event during daytime.? He said to them, since the daytime needs the nighttime³³³Otherwise they could not appear in Court during daytime. and the nighttime needs the daytime, it is as if it were all daytime. Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun said, is it not sanctified retroactively³³⁴If the day is determined to be one of the New Moon (or in Tishre New Year’s day) it receives this status from the preceding evening. Therefore every year one has to observe the restrictions of the holiday starting with the evening of the 30th of Elul even if no witnesses of the New Moon are yet known.? Since it is sanctified retroactively there is no difference between day and night.

MISHNAH: Originally the lulav was taken in the Temple for seven {days} and in the country¹⁴⁴Anywhere in the world outside of the Temple Mount. one day. After the destruction of the Temple, Rabban Joḥanan ben Zakkai instituted that the lulav be taken in the country for seven {days} as remembrance of the Temple, and that the day of waving be entirely forbidden¹⁴⁵New flour is permitted for consumption by the `omer sacrifice of newly cut barley, by pharisaic tradition on the 16^th of Nisan; Lev. 23:14. In the Temple the sacrifice was brought early in the morning; therefore new grain was permitted on that day. Rabban Joḥanan ben Zakkai instituted that new grain should not be used until it automatically became permitted on the 17^th..
If the first day of Tabernacles is a Sabbath, everybody brings their lulav to the synagogue¹⁵¹On Friday afternoon since the lulav may not be carried in the public domain on the Sabbath. As Mishnah 4:3 shows, this refers to any place outside the Temple Mount, where the obligation to take the lulav is biblical only on the first day.. The next day they come in the morning and everybody recognizes his own and takes it, since they said that nobody can fulfill his obligation with another person’s lulav on the first day of Tabernacles; but on the other days of the holiday a person can fulfill his obligation with another person’s lulav¹⁵²Since the verse says: You shall take for yourselves on the First Day, implying it need not be yours on any other day.. Rebbi Yose says, if somebody forgot and took the lulav into the public domain on the first day of Tabernacles which is a Sabbath he is not liable¹⁶⁰He is not liable for a purification sacrifice even though bringing an object from the private into the public domain is a Sabbath violation (Mishnah Šabbat 1:1). since he took it out with permission¹⁶¹Not that he has permission to violate the Sabbath, but to take up the lulav which would be muqṣeh if the Sabbath were on another day of the holiday week..