נאכל לתשעה, לעשרה, ולאחד עשר — לא פחות ולא יותר. כיצד? כדרכו, לתשעה. נאפה בערב שבת — נאכל בשבת לתשעה. חל יום טוב להיות בערב שבת — נאכל לשבת לעשרה. שני ימים טובים של ראש השנה — נאכל לשבת לאחד עשר, לפי שאינו דוחה לא את השבת ולא את היום טוב. ואי אמרת צורכי שבת נעשין ביום טוב, אמאי לא דחי יום טוב?
may be eaten on the 9th, tenth, or 11th days from when it is baked, no less and no more. How so? In its usual manner it is eaten on the 9th day after it was baked, as it is baked on Friday and it is eaten on the next Shabbat, on the 9th day from when it was baked. If a Festival occurs on Friday, the showbread is not baked on the Festival day but rather on Thursday, the eve of the Festival. Consequently, it is eaten on Shabbat of the next week, on the 10th day from when it was baked. If the two Festival days of Rosh HaShana preceded Shabbat, the showbread is baked on Wednesday, Rosh HaShana eve, and it is eaten on the next Shabbat, on the 11th day from when it was baked, because baking the showbread does not override Shabbat or a Festival. Rabba asks: If you say that whatever one needs for Shabbat may be done on a Festival, why doesn’t the baking of this bread override the Festival? Since the showbread is eaten on Shabbat, it should be considered food that one is permitted to prepare during the Festival.