Related%20passage for Taanit 33:5
שלש תעניות הראשונות אנשי משמר מתענין ולא משלימין כו': תנו רבנן מפני מה אמרו אנשי משמר מותרין לשתות יין בלילות אבל לא בימים שמא תכבד העבודה על אנשי בית אב ויבואו ויסייעו להם
ON THE FIRST THREE [RAIN] FASTS THE MEN OF THE MISHNAH FAST BUT DO NOT COMPLETE THEIR FAST etc. Our Rabbis have taught: Why have the Sages ruled that the Men of the Mishmar are permitted to drink wine by night and not by day, lest the work weigh too heavily on the men of the Beth-ab and then they will be called upon to help them; why have the Sages ruled that the men of the Beth-ab are forbidden [to drink] both by day and by night because they are continuously at work [in the Temple]. Hence the Sages have declared that any priest who can identify his Mishmar and his particular Beth-ab and who also knows definitely that the members of his Beth-ab were participating in the service of the Temple<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [There were many of the priestly families who had been disqualified from the priesthood.]');"><sup>5</sup></span>
Explore related%20passage for Taanit 33:5. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.