Commentary for Moed Katan 34:17

ת"ר כשם שאמרו אסור לגלח במועד כך אסור ליטול צפורנים במועד דברי ר' יהודה ורבי יוסי מתיר

terminated on the day before the festival?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Priests were not allowed to trim themselves or wash their garments while their Ward was on duty in the Temple, save on the Friday in honour of the Sabbath. Cf. supra 14a.');">²⁰</span> He should have trimmed himself then on the day before the festival! No, it is necessary to assume that [the turn of] his Ward terminated on the festival [day].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When he could not trim himself.');">²¹</span>

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