Reference for Shabbat 228:3

וליתקע כי היכי דלידעי דשרי בקניבת ירק מן המנחה ולמעלה אמר רב יוסף לפי שאין דוחין שבות להתיר

Whereupon I said to him, The priests<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who burn the fats. ');">⁷</span> are zealous.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They take care to know the law and need no reminder. ');">⁸</span> Mar Kashisha son of R. Hisda said to R. Ashi: Do we then say, Priests are zealous? Surely we learnt: Three [blasts were blown] to cause the people to cease work; three, to distinguish between the holy [day] and weekdays?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This was done in the Temple, and he assumed that it was in order to remind the priests, ');">⁹</span>

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