Mesorat%20hashas for Taanit 4:17

ואימא תרוייהו דחמרא סבר לה כר' יהודה בן בתירה דאמר רמיזי מיא

What is R'Judah B'Bathyra's reason? - It has been taught: R'Judah B'Bathyra says, Of the second day of the Feast, Scripture Says, we-niskehem,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXIX, 18.');">¹⁴</span> ['and their drink-offerings'] and of the sixth day, u-nesakeah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 31.');">¹⁵</span> ['and its drink-offerings'] and of the seventh day, kemishpatam<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 33. n ovhfxb h vhfxb n oypanf ohn');">¹⁶</span> [according to their rule]. Note [the letters] Mem, Yod, Mem which form the word mayim ['water'].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The of , the of , and the of taken, together spell the word, water.');">¹⁷</span> Here you have the biblical allusion to the Libation of Water. And what makes him [R'Judah B'Bathyra] fix it on the second day? - Because [the first of the allusions to the Water Libation] is found in connection [with the order for] the second day. Hence why we should [begin] to make mention on the second day. R'Akiba says: On the sixth day of the Feast one [begins] to make mention, for of the sixth day Scripture says, And its drink-offerings.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The plural form implies (at least) two drink-offerings. [It is taken to refer to the festival, in contradistinction to the phrase, 'their drink-offering' mentioned in the sixth day where 'their' has reference to the sacrifices.]');">¹⁸</span> Scripture thus speaks of two libations,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the Festival of Tabernacles.');">¹⁹</span> the Libation of Water and the Libation of Wine. Perhaps both Libations must be of wine? - He [R'Akiba] is of the same opinion as R'Judah B'Bathyra who said, There is an allusion to water.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., he accepts the allusion supplied by the letters Mem, Yod, Mem.');">²⁰</span>

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