Study Shabbat folio 131B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
it can be said that each and every moment is its proper time. The obligation to fulfill the mitzva is perpetual and one may not neglect it. Why should it be prohibited for him to perform actions that facilitate the performance of the mitzva on Shabbat? Rather, Rav Naḥman said that Rav Yitzḥak said,
It was taught that the Master said in a baraita: The mitzva of lulav and all its facilitators override Shabbat; this is the statement of R' Eliezer. The Talmud poses a question: From where does R' Eliezer derive this halakha? If you say he derives it from the mitzvot of the omer and the two loaves
The Talmud clarifies: And with regard to what halakha is this emphasis stated? In what way would the laws of Shabbat have prohibited fulfilling the mitzva of lulav? If you say that it comes to permit moving the lulav despite the prohibition against moving set-aside items, is a verse required in orde
The Talmud asks: And how do the Rabbis who disagree with R' Eliezer understand the verse’s emphasis that the mitzva must be performed on that day? The Talmud answers: According to the Rabbis, that expression in the verse is necessary to teach that this mitzva must be performed by day and not by nigh
The Talmud asks: And from where does R' Eliezer derive that this mitzva must be performed by day and not by night? The Talmud answers: He derives this halakha from the phrase: “And you shall rejoice before YHWH your God 7 days,” as this indicates that the mitzva applies during the days and not the