Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 14:4

וחכ"א לפני אידיהן אסור לאחר אידיהן מותר כו': חכמים היינו ת"ק הן בלא אידיהן איכא בינייהו תנא קמא סבר הן בלא אידיהן ורבנן בתראי סברי הן ואידיהן

But the sages say, before their festivities it is forbidden, but after their festivities it is permitted. Is not [the opinion of] the sages identical with that of the first tanna? Them without their festivals themselves is the point on which they differ. The first tanna holds that the period is exclusive of the festival, but the latter rabbis hold that it includes the festivals.

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