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stated his decree in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, who said: When the verse states: “And you shall eat neither bread nor parched corn, nor fresh stalks, until this selfsame [etzem] day, until you have brought the offering of your God” (Leviticus 23:14), this does not teach that it is p
The Talmud asks: And does Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai hold in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda? But he disagrees with him, as we learned in a Mishnah (Sukka 41a): After the Temple was destroyed, Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai instituted that for the entire day of waving the omer offering, eating th
The Talmud rejects this argument. There, it was R' Yehuda who erred in his understanding. He thought that Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai was saying that eating new grain on the 16th of Nisan is prohibited by rabbinic law. But that is not so; he was actually saying that it is prohibited by Torah law.
The Talmud raises a difficulty. But it is taught in the Mishnah: Instituted. This term is referring to a rabbinic ordinance, not a Torah law. The Talmud explains: What is the meaning of the term instituted? It means that Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai interpreted the verse, and instituted that this is
Mishnah: Initially, they would accept testimony to determine the start of the month throughout the entire 30th day from the beginning of the month of Elul, before Rosh HaShana, and if witnesses arrived from afar and testified that they had sighted the New Moon the previous night, they would declare