Commentary for Taanit 56:7

רב איקלע לבבל חזינהו דקא קרו הלילא בריש ירחא סבר לאפסוקינהו כיון דחזא דקא מדלגי דלוגי אמר שמע מינה מנהג אבותיהם בידיהם תנא יחיד לא יתחיל ואם התחיל גומר:

[the Hallel is completed] on twenty-one days, and they are, the nine days of the Feast of Tabernacles, the eight days of Hanukkah, the first two days of Passover and the two days of Pentecost. Rab once came to Babylonia<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Stands here for Sura, v. Meg., Sonc. ed. p. 135, n. 5.]');">¹⁰</span> and he noticed that they recited the Hallel<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The recitation of the Hallel on New Moon was one of the points of difference between the ritual of the Jews in Babylonia and Palestine.');">¹¹</span>

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