Arakhin 12A

איבעיא להו: נסכים הבאים בפני עצמן טעונין שירה או אין טעונין שירה? כיון דאמר שמואל בר נחמני אמר רבי יונתן: ״מנין שאין אומרים שירה אלא על היין״⁠ — אמרינן, או דלמא על אכילה ושתיה אמרינן, אשתייה לחודה לא אמרינן?

§ A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: With regard to libations that are brought by themselves, without an animal offering, do they require song on the part of the Levites as the libations are poured on the altar, or do they not require song? The Talmud explains the sides of the dilemma: Should it be assumed that since Shmuel bar Naḥmani says that R' Yonatan says: From where is it derived that one recites a song of praise in the Temple only over wine, it can be inferred that we recite songs whenever wine is poured on the altar? Or perhaps we recite songs only upon the eating and drinking of the altar, i.e., when both an animal offering is burnt and a libation is also poured upon the altar, but upon the drinking of the altar alone, we do not recite songs.

תא שמע: רבי יוסי אומר: מגלגלין זכות ליום זכאי וכו׳.

The Talmud seeks to resolve the dilemma through a baraita cited earlier. Come and hear: R' Yosei says that a fortunate matter is brought about on an auspicious day, and a deleterious matter on an inauspicious day, e.g., the 9th of Av, on which several tragedies have already occurred. As the rabbis said: When the Temple was destroyed for the first time, that day was the 9th of Av; and it was the conclusion of Shabbat; and it was the year after a Sabbatical Year; and it was the week of the priestly watch of Jehoiarib; and the priests and Levites were standing on their platform and singing the verse: “And He brought upon them their own iniquity, and He will cut them off in their own evil” (Psalms 94:23).