Reference for Taanit 27:8
קס"ד מאן דאמר בעננו לא אמר בשופרות ומאן דאמר בשופרות לא אמר בעננו והתניא אין פוחתין משבע תעניות על הצבור שבהן י"ח התרעות וסימן לדבר יריחו ויריחו שופרות הוה ותיובתא למאן דאמר בעננו
R'Ashi said in the name of R'Jannai, the son of R'Ishmael: In [the benediction] 'Who hearkenest unto prayer. One Baraitha teaches: Pregnant women and nursing mothers fast on the first fasts but not on the last; another teaches: They fast on the last but not on the first; and yet another teaches: They fast neither on the first nor on the last! - R'Ashi said: Take it that they fast on the middle set of fasts and in this way all [th Baraithas] will be reconciled.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reconciliation of the conflicting Baraithas is arrived at in the following manner. Call the three groups of fasts A (the first three) , B (the middle three) and C (the last seven) . In the first Baraitha B is first with regard to C; in the second B is last with regard to A; and in the third B is the middle one.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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