Commentary for Eruvin 78:8

ר"נ ורב חסדא אכלו רב ששת לא אכל אמר ר"נ מאי אעביד ליה לרב ששת דלא אכיל בישרא דטביא א"ל רב ששת והיכי איכול דתני איסי ואמרי לה איסי תני וכן היה ר' יוסי אוסר שני ימים טובים של גליות

R'Nahman and R'Hisda ate it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because the two festival days of the diaspora are in their opinion regarded as two entities, the one holy and the other not holy, so that if the first was not the holy day the stag was caught on an ordinary weekday and may well be eaten on the holy day that followed it; and if the first day was holy the stag may well be eaten after the day ended provided only that there was time enough since the conclusion of the holy day for the stag to be caught.');">¹⁸</span> but R'Shesheth did not eat It.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Both days (v. previous note) are regarded by him as one entity of holiness.');">¹⁹</span> 'What', said R'Nahman, 'can I do with R'Shesheth who does not eat the meat of a stag? ' - 'How could I eat it', retorted R'Shesheth, 'in view of what Assi<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So MS.M. Cur. edd. 'Issi'.');">²⁰</span> learned (or, as others say: Issi<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The difference between this reading and the previous one, according to cur.ed. is taken to consist in the mode of its intonation: 'Did not Issi learn?' Cf. Rashi.');">²¹</span>

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