Commentary for Avodah Zarah 14:7
איבעית אימא דנחום המדי איכא בינייהו דתניא נחום המדי אומר אינו אסור אלא יום אחד לפני אידיהן תנא קמא לית ליה דנחום המדי ורבנן בתראי אית להו דנחום המדי:
If you want you may say that they disagree over the ruling of Nahum the Mede. For it is taught: Nahum the Mede says: The prohibition applies to only one day before their festivals. The first tanna does not accept the ruling of Nahum the Mede, and our latter rabbis do agree with Nahum the Mede’s ruling.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
This is an even more innovative way of reading the dispute. Nahum the Mede disagrees with the mishnah—the prohibition is not for three days but for only one. Clearly, the first opinion in the Mishnah cannot agree with this. But the last opinion holds that only one day before the festival is prohibited.
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