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and he will end up refraining from performing the Paschal lamb? Or perhaps we learned this halakha in the Mishnah as pertaining to the time adjacent to the lesser minḥa, and the reason for the prohibition is due to matza. If one eats shortly before nightfall, perhaps he will come to eat the matza a
Ravina said: Come and hear a solution from a baraita: Even King Agrippa, who regularly eats every day at 9 hours, i.e., 3 hours before sunset, on that day of Passover eve, he may not eat until dark. Ravina infers from this baraita: Granted, if you say that we learned in the Mishnah that it is proh
However, if you say that we learned in the Mishnah that one may not eat adjacent to the greater minḥa, what is the greatness of Agrippa? The prohibition against eating had already taken effect at the outset, right after midday. Rather, it must be that we learned in the Mishnah that it is prohibit
However, the question still remains: Ultimately, what is the greatness of Agrippa? The time of the prohibition had arrived. Although the 9th hour begins shortly before the prohibition goes into effect, Agrippa’s meal would presumably extend into the time when it is prohibited to eat, and therefore
R' Yosei said: It is prohibited to eat a proper meal from minḥa time onward; however, one may dip and eat types of refreshments, e.g., fruit or meat that do not constitute a full meal and will not fill one’s stomach. The Talmud relates that R' Yitzḥak would dip and eat vegetables. That opinion, th