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this verse teaches that the Festival peace-offering of the 14th is eaten for two days and one night; that is, it may not remain overnight until the morning of the 16th. Or perhaps it is eaten for only a day and a night; that is, it may not remain overnight until the morning of the 15th. Since for
There is still room to say: Or perhaps it is eaten only until the first morning, and how do I establish what the Torah says, that a Festival peace-offering may be eaten for two days and one night? This applies to Festival peace-offerings other than this one. The baraita explains: When it says with
The Master said above in the baraita: Or perhaps it is only the first morning. The Talmud asks: But you already said that when it says that any offering sacrificed “on the 1st day shall not remain overnight until the morning,” the extra phrase “until the morning” indicates that the verse speaks of
It then says: But with regard to that which we maintain, that a Festival peace-offering may be eaten for two days and one night, if so, the verse that addresses a peace-offering and says: “But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow or a free-will offering,” with regard to what case is it discuss
Rather, this verse that discusses a vow or free-will offering clearly must be discussing the Festival peace-offering of the 15th, and the entire other verse: “Nor shall…remain overnight until the morning,” is referring to the Festival peace-offering of the 14th and thus has taught that the Festival