Study Rosh Hashanah folio 4B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
or for gleanings, forgotten sheaves, or produce of the corner of the field, 3 obligatory agricultural gifts that must be given to the poor, once 3 Festivals have passed they transgress the prohibition: You shall not delay. R' Shimon says: These 3 Festivals must be in their proper order, with the fe
R' Meir says: Once even one Festival has passed, one transgresses the prohibition: You shall not delay. R' Eliezer ben Ya’akov says: Once two Festivals have passed, one transgresses the prohibition: You shall not delay. R' Elazar, son of R' Shimon, says: Once the festival of Sukkot has passed, one t
The Talmud proceeds to explain the various opinions: What is the rationale of the first tanna? Since the entire chapter (Deuteronomy, chapter 16) has just concluded a discussion of the 3 pilgrimage Festivals, why, after stating: “3 times a year shall all your males appear before YHWH your God” (Deu
And R' Shimon, who said that one does not transgress the prohibition against delaying unless these 3 Festivals have passed in order, says in explanation of his opinion: It was not necessary for the verse to say again “on the festival of Sukkot,” of which the immediately preceding text was speaking.
And R' Meir, who says that one transgresses the prohibition against delaying as soon as one Festival has passed, what is the rationale for his opinion? It is as it is written: “But to the place which YHWH your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, there shall you seek Him,