Mesorat%20hashas for Sanhedrin 21:14

תא חזי מאי איכא בין

or for [the repair of] bridges, or for the [drying of the] ovens<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' These were erected in the open and, being exposed to the winter weather, became slimy and unfit for use, except after being allowed some time to dry. ');">²⁴</span> [required for the roasting] of the paschal lambs, or for the sake of pilgrims<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit. 'Exiles of Israel', Jews from distant parts of the Diaspora. ');">²⁵</span> from distant lands who have left their homes and could not otherwise reach [Jerusalem] in time.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For the Passover Feast. ');">²⁶</span> But no intercalation may take place because of [heavy] snows or cold weather<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As this need not prevent pilgrims from proceeding to Jerusalem. ');">²⁷</span> or for the sake of Jewish exiles [from a distance] who have not yet set out. Our Rabbis taught: The year may not be intercalated on the ground that the kids<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Kids set aside for the Paschal Sacrifice. ');">²⁸</span> or the lambs or the doves are too young.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Doves were prescribed as offerings for women after confinement and for persons cured from gonorrhoea. These, as a rule, postponed their offerings until the Passover Pilgrimage. But the reason that doves were too young was inadequate for intercalation, since the law provided the alternative of young pigeons for such offerings. Cf. Lev. XII, 8. ');">²⁹</span> But we consider each of these circumstances as an auxiliary reason for intercalation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Two reasons were required to justify intercalation, v. infra. ');">³⁰</span> How so? — R. Jannai [gave the following example of the law in operation], quoting from R. Simeon b. Gamaliel's [letter to the Communities]: 'We beg to inform you that the doves are still tender and the lambs still young, and the grain has not yet ripened. I have considered the matter and thought it advisable to add thirty days to the year. An objection was raised: How long a period was intercalated in the year? Thirty days. R. Simeon b. Gamaliel said: A month?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Twenty nine days; whereas R. Simeon b. Gamaliel fixed it at thirty days. ');">³¹</span> — R. Papa Said: [The matter is left to the judgment of the intercalary court:] if they wish, they may add a month; or if they wish thirty days. Come now and see the difference between

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