Commentary for Shabbat 48:5
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> אין מדליקין בשמן שריפה ביו"ט רבי ישמעאל אומר אין מדליקין בעטרן מפני כבוד השבת וחכמים מתירין בכל השמנים בשמן שומשמין בשמן אגוזים בשמן צנונות בשמן דגים בשמן פקועות בעטרן ובנפט ר' טרפון אומר אין מדליקין אלא בשמן זית בלבד:
— How compare! There, by ritual law it is not required even on the Sabbath,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The repetition of the Eighteen Benedictions on weekdays and the 'seven benedictions' on Sabbaths and Festivals by the Reader was originally instituted on account of the uneducated, who could not pray for themselves. In the Evening Service, however, which in origin was regarded as of a voluntary character (v. Ber. 27b), this repetition was omitted, and the same should apply to the Sabbath too. ');"><sup>9</sup></span> and it was the Rabbis who instituted it on account of danger;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Synagogues were situated outside the town, therefore the Rabbis prolonged the service by the addition of this passage so that latecomers might not be left alone in the synagogue and have to return home by themselves. ');"><sup>10</sup></span>