What else gives way for the witnesses on Shabbos
He can't walk? Bring him on a donkey — even in a bed
Permissivethey may bring him
→ even carried in a bed
Riding was forbidden — lest he cut a switch
Robbers on the road? Take sticks
Permissivethey may take in their hands
→ sticks
A long road? Take food
Permissivethey may take in their hands
→ provisions
From Teverya all the way to Yavneh?
Only for a night and a day's journey
Permissivethat they may be mechallel Shabbos — violating Shabbos — and set out for edus hachodesh, the testimony on the new moon;
He must arrive while it is still Shabbos
Like Sheviis perek 1: the source comes last
“These are the appointed times of Hashem… in their time”
Vayikra 23:4
Like the korban Pesach: it overrides Shabbos
Rosh Hashana 1:9
Bringing the Eid to Beis Din
מִי שֶׁרָאָה אֶת הַחֹדֶשׁ
מִי שֶׁרָאָה אֶת הַחֹדֶשׁ וְאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לְהַלֵּךְ,
מוֹלִיכִין אוֹתוֹ
עַל הַחֲמוֹר,
אֲפִלּוּ בְמִטָּה.
וְאִם צוֹדֶה לָהֶם, לוֹקְחִין בְּיָדָם מַקְּלוֹת.
וְאִם הָיְתָה דֶרֶךְ רְחוֹקָה, לוֹקְחִין בְּיָדָם מְזוֹנוֹת,
שֶׁעַל מַהֲלַךְ לַיְלָה וָיוֹם מְחַלְּלִין אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת וְיוֹצְאִין לְעֵדוּת הַחֹדֶשׁ,
שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא כג),
אֵלֶּה מוֹעֲדֵי ה' אֲשֶׁר תִּקְרְאוּ אוֹתָם בְּמוֹעֲדָם: