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And he bathed at the time when the wagons [kerona] were traveling through Tzippori, i.e., on the market day, when the public would know about it, on the 17th of Tammuz, to show that bathing is permitted on that day. And he sought to abolish the fast of the 9th of Av. And with respect to the 9th of
R' Abba bar Zavda said to R' Elazar: my teacher! the incident did not occur in this fashion. R' Yehuda HaNasi never sought to abolish the fast of the 9th of Av. Rather, it was a year when the 9th of Av occurred on Shabbat, and they postponed it until after Shabbat. And R' Yehuda HaNasi said about th
The Talmud asks: And how could R' Yehuda HaNasi plant a sapling on Purim? Didn’t Rav Yosef teach with regard to the verse: “Therefore the Jews of the villages, who dwell in the unwalled towns, make the 14th day of the month of Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day [yom tov]” (Esther 9:
The Talmud asks: Is that so? Wasn’t R' Yehuda HaNasi in Tiberias, and Tiberias was surrounded by a wall since the days of Joshua, son of Nun. Consequently, he was obligated to observe Purim on the 15th. Rather, say just the opposite: R' Yehuda HaNasi lived in a place that observed Purim on the 15t
The Talmud asks: Was it obvious to R' Yehuda HaNasi that the city of Tiberias was surrounded by a wall since the days of Joshua, son of Nun? Didn’t Hezekiah read the Megilla in Tiberias both on the 14th and on the 15th of Adar, because he was uncertain if it had been surrounded by a wall since the d