Pesachim 4:5 — Working on Tisha B'Av and Erev Pesach

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Working on Tisha B'Av and Erev Pesach

מְלָאכָה בְּתִשְׁעָה בְאָב וּבְעֶרֶב פֶּסַח
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Mishnah פסחים ד׳:ה׳ · Pesachim 4:5
מָקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת מְלָאכָה בְתִשְׁעָה בְאָב, עוֹשִׂין.
מָקוֹם שֶׁנָּהֲגוּ שֶׁלֹּא לַעֲשׂוֹת מְלָאכָה, אֵין עוֹשִׂין.
וּבְכָל מָקוֹם תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים בְּטֵלִים.
רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, לְעוֹלָם יַעֲשֶׂה אָדָם עַצְמוֹ תַּלְמִיד חָכָם.
וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים,
בִּיהוּדָה הָיוּ עוֹשִׂין מְלָאכָה בְעַרְבֵי פְסָחִים עַד חֲצוֹת,
וּבַגָּלִיל לֹא הָיוּ עוֹשִׂין כָּל עִקָּר.
וְהַלַּיְלָה,
בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹסְרִין,
וּבֵית הִלֵּל מַתִּירִין עַד הָנֵץ הַחַמָּה.
Where the custom is to work on Tisha B'Av, one works.
Where the custom is not to work, one does not work.
And everywhere, talmidei chachamim refrain.
Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: a person should always make himself a talmid chacham.
And the Chachamim say:
in Yehuda they would work on erev Pesach until midday,
and in the Galil they did not work at all.
And the night before —
Beis Shammai forbid,
and Beis Hillel permit until sunrise.

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