Commentary for Zevachim 181:3
תא שמע מוספי ראש חודש קודמין למוספי ראש השנה אע"ג דראש השנה קדשה אטו ראש השנה למוספי דידיה אהני למוספי ראש חודש לא אהני
Come and hear: Another reason: the blessing for wine is constant, while the blessing for the day is not constant, and of that which is constant and that which is not constant, that which is constant comes first.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This explains why in Kiddush (Sanctification Benediction, recited at the beginning of every festival) the blessing over wine precedes that over the festival! - Whenever wine is drunk a blessing over it is required, whereas the blessing of sanctification is confined to festivals.');"><sup>3</sup></span> [Now this is so] notwithstanding that the blessing for the day is holier!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since the other is recited on week-days too.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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