Mesorat%20hashas for Taanit 19:18

מאי קמשמע לן תנינא אין גוזרין תענית על הצבור בתחילה בחמישי שלא להפקיע את השערים אלא שלש תעניות הראשונות שני וחמישי ושני

What new fact does he teach us? Has it not already been taught to us:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra 15b.');">²⁸</span> No fast is ordained upon the community to begin on a Thursday in order to prevent a rise in food prices.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Thursday being a market day, they would purchase food for the breaking of their fast and also for the Sabbath and consequently the abnormal demand for food would tend to make the prices soar.');">²⁹</span>

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