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When I was in Babylonia, I said with regard to that which was taught in a baraita: If Yom Kippur occurred on Friday, they would not sound the shofar as they did every Friday to herald the start of Shabbat; and if Yom Kippur occurred at the conclusion of Shabbat, they would not recite havdala to mark
Mar Kashisha, the son of Rav Ḥisda, said to Rav Ashi: Do we say that priests are vigilant in that regard? Didn’t we learn in a Mishnah that 3 blasts were sounded in the Temple on Friday to stop the people from work, and 3 more were sounded to demarcate between sacred and profane? Apparently, even
The Talmud asks: In any event, Let them sound the shofar so that they will know that trimming the vegetables, i.e., removing the leaf heads from vegetables in preparation for cutting them, is permitted from the late afternoon and onward. On Yom Kippur, it is permitted, starting at a certain point
And Rav Sheisha, son of Rav Idi, said: The rabbis permitted doing so for an immediate rabbinic prohibition, e.g., sounding the shofar to permit prohibited actions immediately. They did not permit doing so for a more remote rabbinic prohibition, such as trimming vegetables, which is allowed only be
The Talmud asks: And did they permit doing so for an immediate rabbinic prohibition? Didn’t we learn in a Mishnah that if a Festival occurs on Friday, one sounds the shofar to announce that Shabbat has begun, but one does not recite havdala over wine to mark the conclusion of the Festival, because t