My question has to do with the feast of Pesach during the Second Temple period. I read in a book that the Tosephta states that no eating of sweets was allowed after the eating of the sacrificial lamb. I think that I remember reading somewhere that there was to be NO MORE FOOD of any kind consumed after the eating of the lamb.
Can you please enlighten me on that subject and can you tell me where I can get proof of it? I looked into some of your "Daf's" and could not readily find it. Also what does Daf mean. Is it the same as "Tosefta"?
Thank you,
Ron
rtheckler@netzero.net
Greetings Ronald,
The book that you read that cites the Tosefta is citing it loosely. The Tosefta (Pesachim 10:8) actually says the same thing that the Mishnah says, "We do not 'Maftirin' after the eating of the Pesach offering, any 'Afikoman.'" The words "Maftirin" and "Afikoman" are interpreted to mean dessert, which is defined as any food (not necessarily sweets) that one eats after having eaten the main meal. The Tosefta adds "such as nuts, dates, and kernels," simply to teach that even such relatively insignificant foods are also prohibited to be eaten after the Pesach offering. Hence, you are correct that, in practice, no food may be eaten after the Pesach offering (or, today, in place of the Pesach offering, the eating of the Matzah at the end of the Pesach Seder). You will find this clearly written by the Code of Jewish Law (Shulchan Aruch) in section Orach Chaim 478:1.
"Daf" means "page," and "Daf-Yomi" means "a page a day." Many Jews around the world learn the same "page a day" , each day, and finish the entire Talmud every seven years. "Tosefta" means "additional teachings," as they are supplentary to the primary teachings of the Mishnah.
Below is what we wrote about the topic of eating after the Pesach offering, when the topic was discussed in the daily page of the Gemara.
I hope this was helpful to you,
Yisrael Shaw
Jerusalem
(Permission is granted to print and redistribute this material as long as