Study Sukkah folio 41B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
“And you shall eat neither bread, nor roasted grain, nor fresh grain, until this selfsame [etzem] day, until you have brought the offering of your God” (Leviticus 23:14), indicating until the essence [itzumo] of the day, and not the night before. And he holds that when the verse states: “Until,”
The Talmud asks: And does Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai hold in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda? But doesn’t he disagree with him, as it is taught in a baraita: Once the Temple was destroyed, Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai instituted that for the entire day of waving the omer offering, it should be
The Talmud answers: It is R' Yehuda who is mistaken. He thought that Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai is saying it is prohibited by rabbinic law. And that is not so; he is saying it is prohibited by Torah law. The Talmud asks: But didn’t the Mishnah say: Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai instituted, indicating
Mishnah: If the first day of the festival of Sukkot occurs on Shabbat, all of the people bring their lulavim to the synagogue on Friday, as it is prohibited to carry in a public domain on Shabbat. The next day, on Shabbat, everyone rises early and comes to the synagogue. Each and every one recogni
Talmud: From where are these matters derived, that one does not fulfill his obligation with the lulav of another on the 1st day of the Festival? It is as A baraita states that it is written: “And you shall take for yourselves on the 1st day the fruit of a beautiful tree, branches of a date palm, an