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The Talmud concludes: And the halakha is not in accordance with any of these halakhot; rather, it is in accordance with that which R' Yehoshua ben Levi said: On Yom Kippur that falls on Shabbat, one who recites the day’s closing prayer [ne’ila] must mention Shabbat even in that prayer, although ne
The Talmud challenges this: It is difficult, as there is a contradiction between one halakha and another halakha. On the one hand, you said that the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehoshua ben Levi. And, on the other hand, we hold that the halakha is in accordance with the opinio
This challenge is rejected: How can you compare? There, actually, even on Shabbat, the prayer leader need not repeat the prayer, just as the prayer is not repeated any other evening. It was the rabbis who instituted repetition of the prayer due to concern for potential danger. The rabbis sought to
And we learned in the Mishnah that one may not light with the sheep’s tail or with fat. Naḥum the Mede says that one may light using cooked fat. And the Rabbis say that one may not light with it whether or not it is cooked. The Talmud asks: Isn’t the opinion of the Rabbis identical to the unattribut
Mishnah: In continuation of the previous Mishnah, this Mishnah adds that one may not light with burnt oil on a Festival, as the Talmud will explain below. With regard to lighting Shabbat lamps, there were rabbis who prohibited the use of specific oils. R' Yishmael says that one may not light with