Commentary for Shabbat 48:4
ולא באליה כו': חכמים היינו תנא קמא איכא בינייהו דרב ברונא אמר רב ולא מסיימי:
need not make mention of the Festival,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He merely concludes with 'Who sanctifiest the Sabbath'. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> since but for the Sabbath the Reader would not descend [before the desk] at the Evening Service on Festivals.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To read the benediction mentioned in n. 5. This runs counter to the view of R. Joshua b. Levi. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
Rashi on Shabbat
Out of respect for Shabbat - since it smells bad
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