Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 60:9
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מה קלקול קלקלו הלוים בשיר הכא תרגימו שלא אמרו שירה כל עיקר רבי זירא אמר שאמרו שירה של חול עם תמיד של בין הערבים
THE AFTERNOON SACRIFICE, AND THAT IF WITNESSES CAME AFTER THE AFTERNOON SACRIFICE THAT DAY<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the thirtieth day of the month.');"><sup>9</sup></span> SHOULD BE KEPT AS HOLY<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In point of fact it had already been kept as holy from the previous sunset, out of doubt. The rest of it was now to be kept as holy, although the New Moon would not be sanctified till to-morrow, the thirty-first day, which naturally would also be holy. The reason why the rest of the thirtieth clay was declared holy was as a precaution lest, if the public were allowed to keep this part as a weekday, they might in future years keep the whole day as a weekday on the assumption that after all the witnesses would not come, or not come till late (Rashi) .');"><sup>10</sup></span>
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