Commentary for Eruvin 77:13

אמר להן ר' יוסי אי אתם מודים שאם באו עדים מן המנחה ולמעלה שנוהגין אותו היום קדש ולמחר קדש

<big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>Who [is it that] DID NOT AGREE WITH HIM? Rab replied: It is R'Jose; for it was taught: The Sages agree with R'Eliezer<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Though they disagree with him where one of the two days in question was a Sabbath and the other a festival since both days are holy beyond doubt.');">²⁷</span> that if on [the eve of] the New Year<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since only one of the day's, viz., the actual first day of the year, whichever of the two it may be, is holy while the other is definitely not holy. The two day's are kept as a festival for the sole reason that it is impossible to ascertain which of the two is actually the first day of the year.');">²⁸</span> a man fears that [the preceding month of Elul] might be intercalated,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For notes on the passage cf. the notes on our MISHNAH:');">²⁹</span> he may prepare two 'erubs and make this declaration: 'My 'erub for the first [day shall be] to the east and the one on the second day to the west', 'The one for the first day to the west an the one for the second day to the east', 'My 'erub [shall be effective] for the first day, and for the second [I shall retain the same rights] as the people of my town', or 'My 'erub [shall be effective] for the second day, and for the first [I shall retain the same rights] as the people of my town'; but R'Jose forbids this.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' His reason emerges from the argument he advances presently.');">³⁰</span> Said R'Jose to them:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Sages.');">³¹</span> Do you not agree that, if witnesses<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who saw the appearance of the new moon. vjbn');">³²</span> came after the [offering of the] minhah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'from the minhah and onward', denoting the continual daily evening sacrifice which was offered as a rule from the sixth and half hours after sunrise (the day being divided into twelve hours) .');">³³</span> both that day and the day following are observed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that they lead', 'behave'.');">³⁴</span> as holy [days]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosef. 'Er. IV. So that the reason why the New Year festival is kept in the diaspora for two days is not only on account of doubt as to which of these days was declared to be the first day of the New Year but also on account of the possibility that both were actually kept in Jerusalem as holy days.');">³⁵</span>

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