Commentary for Shabbat 228:6

אמר רבי זירא אמר רב הונא ואמרי לה אמר רבי אבא אמר רב הונא יוה"כ שחל להיות בשבת אסור בקניבת ירק אמר רב מנא תנא מנין ליוה"כ שחל להיות בשבת שאסור בקניבת ירק ת"ל (שמות טז, כג) שבתון שבות למאי אילימא למלאכה והכתיב (שמות כ, ט) לא תעשה כל מלאכה אלא לאו אקניבת ירק ש"מ

While R. Shisha son of R. Idi answered: A shehuth [of] immediate<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'near', ');">¹⁵</span> [importance] was permitted; a shebuth [of] distant [importance] was not permitted<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If it were of immediate importance, the shebuth would have been permitted. But in any case when the day of Atonement falls on Friday, the vegetables, even if trimmed, cannot be cooked on the Sabbath. So that the sounding of the shofar would only be of importance for subsequent Days of Atonement, and in such a case the shebuth is not superseded. ');">¹⁶</span> But did they permit a shebuth [of] immediate [importance]? Surely we learnt: If a Festival falls on Friday, we sound [the <i>shofar</i>] but do not recite habdalah;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On Friday evening, because habdalah is recited only when a more stringent holiness is left behind. ');">¹⁷</span>

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