Taanis 26a

תענית כ״ו ע״א

Taanit 26a

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Topic

הלל after rain on a fast day, the end of the third perek, and the משנה on ברכת כהנים, the מעמדות, the wood-offering days, and the five tragedies of the summer fasts

Overview

The amud opens by finishing a rule. If rain comes before midday on a fast day, people go home and eat first, because הלל is said only on a full stomach. The גמרא challenges this from a story where רב פפא had people say הלל first. It answers that the people of מחוזא were different, since they tended to get drunk. Then the third perek ends with a הדרן, and a new perek begins. Its משנה lists three times when כהנים bless four times in one day, and explains the מעמדות: groups who stood at the daily offering for all of ישראל, fasted Monday to Thursday, and read the Creation story each day. It lists which days some מעמד gatherings were skipped, where רבי עקיבא changes his version to follow בן עזאי. It also lists the nine family days for bringing wood to the מזבח. The amud ends as the משנה begins listing the five tragedies of שבעה עשר בתמוז and תשעה באב, a list that continues on the next amud.

Opening lines

The steps (20)

1. Statementהלל is said only on a full stomach
2. Challengeרב פפא had them say הלל before eating
3. ResolutionThe people of מחוזא were different
4. ConclusionHadran — Closing סדר תעניות אלו
5. StatementThree times a year כהנים bless four times in one day
6. StatementThe source for the מעמדות
7. QuestionHow can an offering be brought without its owner there?
8. ResponseThe early prophets set up 24 watches, each with a standing group
9. StatementWhat happened when a watch's turn came
10. StatementThe מעמד fasted Monday to Thursday, but not Friday or Sunday
11. StatementWhich part of the Creation story was read each day
12. StatementHow and when the readings were done
13. StatementSpecial days when the מעמד did not gather
14. Challengeבן עזאי reports a different version from רבי יהושע
15. Conclusionרבי עקיבא accepts בן עזאי's version
16. StatementThe family days for donating wood
17. StatementOther groups who joined on ט״ו אב
18. StatementThe last three wood-offering days
19. StatementWhy the first of טבת had no מעמד
20. StatementFive tragedies on each of two dates