Commentary for Bava Batra 242:5

מכאן ואילך דמוסיף יוסיף שאינו מוסיף יסיף מאי יסיף תני רב יוסף תקבריה אמיה

R. Manasseh said: They called it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The fifteenth of Ab. ');">¹⁶</span> 'the day of the breaking of the axe.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As there was no longer any immediate use for the tool. ');">¹⁷</span> From that [day]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The fifteenth of Ab. ');">¹⁶</span> onwards, he who adds [from the night to the day]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the purpose of study. The days shorten and the hours of study would consequently diminish unless part of the night were also to be devoted to the same purpose. ');">¹⁸</span>

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