Rosh Hashana 1:4 — Chillul Shabbos for the Rosh Chodesh Eidim

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Chillul Shabbos for the Rosh Chodesh Eidim

חִלּוּל שַׁבָּת לְעֵדֵי הַחֹדֶשׁ
Mishnah ראש השנה א׳:ד׳ · Rosh Hashana 1:4
עַל שְׁנֵי חֳדָשִׁים מְחַלְּלִין אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת,
עַל נִיסָן וְעַל תִּשְׁרֵי,
שֶׁבָּהֶן הַשְּׁלוּחִין יוֹצְאִין לְסוּרְיָא, וּבָהֶן מְתַקְּנִין אֶת הַמּוֹעֲדוֹת.
וּכְשֶׁהָיָה בֵית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קַיָּם,
מְחַלְּלִין אַף עַל כֻּלָּן מִפְּנֵי תַקָּנַת הַקָּרְבָּן.
For two of the months they — the witnesses who saw the new moon — may be mechallel Shabbos, violating Shabbos so that they can testify before the Sanhedrin —
for Nisan and for Tishrei,
because in those two the messengers travel as far as Suriya, and by them the festivals are set.
And when the Beis HaMikdash stood,
they were mechallel Shabbos for all of them, because of the ordering of the korban.

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