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שהיה חולה בעצרת. רב אשי אמר: מאי ״ואכלנו ולדה שלמים בחג״ דקתני — חג השבועות.
in a case where the offspring was sick on Shavuot, and therefore it could be brought to the altar only on the next Festival. Rav Ashi said an alternative explanation: What is the statement: And we ate its offspring as a peace-offering on the Festival, coming to teach? This is not referring to the festival of Sukkot, which is the usual meaning of the term the Festival; rather, it is referring to the festival of Shavuot. Therefore, there is no difficulty here whatsoever.
ואידך: כל היכא דתני פסח, תני עצרת.
The Talmud asks: And what does the other amora, Rav Zevid, say to this? He argues that anywhere that the tanna teaches a halakha concerning Passover using the term Pesaḥ, he teaches the halakha concerning Shavuot using the term Atzaret, not the term Ḥag. In such a context, the term Ḥag is reserved exclusively for Sukkot.
אמר רבא: כיון שעברו עליו שלשה רגלים, בכל יום ויום עובר ב״בל תאחר״. מיתיבי: אחד בכור, ואחד כל הקדשים, כיון שעברו עליהם שנה בלא רגלים, רגלים בלא שנה — עובר ב״בל תאחר״.
Rava said: Once 3 Festivals have passed, every day he transgresses the prohibition: You should not delay. The Talmud raises an objection from that which is taught in the following baraita: In the case of both a firstborn animal and all consecrated animals, once a year has passed without 3 Festivals, or 3 Festivals have passed without a year elapsing, the owner transgresses the prohibition: You should not delay.
והאי מאי תיובתיה? אמר רב כהנא: מאן דקא מותיב — שפיר קא מותיב: מכדי תנא אלאוי קא מהדר, ליתני: בכל יום ויום עובר ב״בל תאחר״.
The Talmud first expresses its astonishment at the question itself: What is this objection? What is the comparison between this ruling and the statement of Rava? Rav Kahana said: He who raises an objection here raises a valid objection, and this is the way the question should be understood. Since the tanna of the baraita is looking for prohibitions to add, and he shows that the prohibition applies in additional cases, then if Rava is correct, let the tanna of the baraita teach that once 3 Festivals have passed he transgresses the prohibition: You should not delay, every single day.