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whereas the rabbis declare it pure. According to them, it is still considered a broken utensil. R' Meir himself lived after the destruction of the Second Temple. The festive day commemorating the annulling of the decree of Rome was instituted as a result of an incident involving his student, R' Yeh
The Talmud answers: The question whether or not Megillat Ta’anit has been nullified is the subject of a dispute between tanna’im, as it is taught in a baraita: These days, which are written in Megillat Ta’anit, both when the Temple is standing and when the Temple is not standing, are days on which f
The Talmud concludes: And the halakha is that these days were nullified, and the halakha is that they were not nullified. The Talmud asks: This is difficult, as one halakha contradicts the other halakha. The Talmud answers: It is not difficult. Here, it is referring to Hanukkah and Purim. These
§ The Mishnah taught: Messengers go out to inform about the sanctification of the New Moon in Elul, due to Rosh HaShana, and in Tishrei, due to the need to establish the correct dates on which to celebrate the Festivals of Tishrei. The Talmud asks: Once the messengers have gone out in the month of E
And if you say that messengers must go out for Tishrei as well, as perhaps the court added another day to the month of Elul, so that Rosh HaShana occurs on the 31st day after the New Moon of Elul, there is a difficulty. Didn’t R' Ḥinnana bar Kahana say that Rav said: From the days of Ezra and onwar