Responsa for Moed Katan 6:3
דאם כן כל הני פרטי למה לי
For, if it [the flogging] were correct, what is the [legal] import of all those particulars [set out in the text]? R'Johanan said [that the 'extension' had reference to] the extra days [of restriction] which the sages had added prior to New Year; and the argument proceeded thus: Possibly [you might say] that he should be flogged for [ploughing during] the extended extra period prior to New Year which is based on the text: 'In ploughing time and in reaping time thou shalt rest.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXXIV, 21 The exposition of this follows presently.');"><sup>2</sup></span> Then the teaching was concluded to prove exemption [from a flogging], as we shall seek to explain presently.
Teshuvot Maharam
You asked about a community that wished to declare a fast on Monday, Thursday and Monday, and the first fast day fell on Tu Bishvat. Should they be concerned and postpone the fast to the following week or not? Thus my inclination is that the fast should be postponed to the following week, and the fast should not be set because we do not find any fast on Rosh Hashanah.
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