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Mishnah: With regard to a Festival that occurs on Friday, one may not cook on the Festival with the initial intent to cook for Shabbat. However, he may cook on that day for the Festival itself, and if he left over any food, he left it over for Shabbat. The early rabbis also instituted an ordinance
The tanna’im disagreed with regard to the details of this ordinance: Beit Shammai say: For the purpose of the joining of cooked foods one must prepare two cooked dishes, and Beit Hillel say: One dish is sufficient. And they both agree with regard to a fish and the egg that is fried on it that these
If one ate the food prepared before the Festival as an eiruv and none of it remained for Shabbat, or if it was lost, he may not rely on it and cook with the initial intent to cook for Shabbat. If he left any part of the eiruv, he may rely on it to cook for Shabbat.
Talmud: The Talmud asks: From where are these matters derived? What is the source of the halakha of the joining of cooked foods and of the halakha that one who failed to prepare such an eiruv may not cook on a Festival for Shabbat? Shmuel said that the source is as the verse states: “Remember the S
The Talmud asks: What is the reason that the rabbis instituted this ordinance in particular to ensure that Shabbat would not be overlooked? Rava said: The rabbis did so in deference to Shabbat, and they instituted an eiruv so that one will select a choice portion for Shabbat and a choice portion fo