Commentary for Moed Katan 38:3

שבעה והאנן שמונה תנן קסבר אבא שאול מקצת היום ככולו ויום שביעי עולה לו לכאן ולכאן אמר רב חסדא אמר רבינא בר שילא הלכה כאבא שאול

so does the '[observed] obligation of seven' quash the 'restrictions of thirty'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., again. if he had not cropped himself before the festival he is permitted to do so immediately after the festival.');">⁶</span> [You Say, 'The observed obligation of] seven'? But we learned [in our Mishnah] 'eight' [days before the festival]! - Abba Saul maintains the view that part of a day is [reckoned] as an entire day and [here] the seventh day [of mourning] enters into the count both this way and that.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., that after part has served for the seventh day, the remainder can count as part of the eighth day with its easier regimen.');">⁷</span>

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