Halakhah for Shabbat 47:5
איבעיא להו מהו להזכיר של חנוכה במוספין כיון דלית ביה מוסף בדידיה לא מדכרינן או דילמא יום הוא שחייב בארבע תפלות רב הונא ורב יהודה דאמרי תרוייהו אינו מזכיר רב נחמן ורבי יוחנן דאמרי תרוייהו מזכיר
and Ma'amadoth<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ma'amad, pl. ma'amadoth, lit., posts': 'a division of popular representatives deputed to accompany the daily services in the Temple with prayers, and also a corresponding division in the country towns, answering to the divisions of priests and Levites' (Jast.). Each district sent its representatives on certain days; v. Ta'an. Mishnah 26a. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> — What business have Mondays and Thursdays [here]?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is an interjection. Why should I think that special mention must be made? The Reading of the Law is certainly insufficient cause. ');"><sup>17</sup></span> — Rather [say thus:] on the Mondays, Thursdays and the [following] Mondays of Fasts<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In times of drought fasts were held on Monday, Thursday and the following Monday. ');"><sup>18</sup></span> — and of Ma'amadoth<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On these days four fasts were kept: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; Ta'an ibid. ');"><sup>19</sup></span>
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