Commentary for Shabbat 42:6
אמר עולא פליגי בה תרי אמוראי במערבא ר' יוסי בר אבין ור' יוסי בר זבידא חד אמר טעמא דב"ש כנגד ימים הנכנסין וטעמא דב"ה כנגד ימים היוצאין וחד אמר טעמא דב"ש כנגד פרי החג וטעמא דבית הלל דמעלין בקדש ואין מורידין
the zealous [kindle] a light for each member [of the household]; and the extremely zealous, — Beth Shammai maintain: On the first day eight lights are lit and thereafter they are gradually reduced;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' One less each day. ');"><sup>11</sup></span> but Beth Hillel say: On the first day one is lit and thereafter they are progressively increased.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Up to eight. ');"><sup>12</sup></span>
Rashi on Shabbat
Corresponds to the incoming days: Those that are to come in the future.
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The outgoing days: That have already left; and the one in which he is situated is counted with the outgoing ones.
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Rashi on Shabbat
The bulls of the festival: They continue to decrease in the sacrifices of Parashat Pinchas.
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Rashi on Shabbat
We elevate in sanctity and we do not downgrade: We learn this from a verse - in Menachot (99a) in the chapter [entitled] Shtei HaLechem.
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