## Megillah Daf 6b

###### Megillah 6b:1
[Megillah 6b:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/6b:1)

גֶּרְמַמְיָא שֶׁל אֱדוֹם, שֶׁאִלְמָלֵי הֵן יוֹצְאִין, מַחֲרִיבִין כָּל הָעוֹלָם כּוּלּוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Germamya of Edom,** i.e., Germany, which is near the land of Edom, i.e., Rome. **As, if** the Germans **would go forth, they would destroy the entire world.**


###### Megillah 6b:2
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וְאָמַר רַבִּי חָמָא בַּר חֲנִינָא: תְּלָת מְאָה קְטִירֵי תָגָא אִיכָּא בְּגֶרְמַמְיָא שֶׁל אֱדוֹם, וּתְלָת מְאָה וְשִׁיתִּין וְחַמְשָׁה מַרְזְבָּנֵי אִיכָּא בְּרוֹמִי, וּבְכׇל יוֹמָא נָפְקִי הָנֵי לְאַפֵּי הָנֵי וּמִקְּטִיל חַד מִינַּיְיהוּ, וּמִיטַּרְדִי לְאוֹקֹמֵי מַלְכָּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rabbi Ḥama Bar Ḥanina said: There are three hundred** young princes with **crowns tied** to their heads **in Germamya of Edom, and there are three hundred and sixty-five chieftains [*marzavnei*] in Rome. Every day these go out** to battle **against those, and one of them is killed, and they are preoccupied with appointing a** new **king** in his place. Since neither side is united, neither side is able to achieve a decisive victory. It is these wars between Rome and the Germanic tribes that act as a muzzle upon Esau-Edom-Rome and prevent it from becoming too strong.


###### Megillah 6b:3
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וְאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק, אִם יֹאמַר לְךָ אָדָם: יָגַעְתִּי וְלֹא מָצָאתִי — אַל תַּאֲמֵן. לֹא יָגַעְתִּי וּמָצָאתִי — אַל תַּאֲמֵן. יָגַעְתִּי וּמָצָאתִי — תַּאֲמֵן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rabbi Yitzḥak said** in the style of a previous passage: **If a person says to you: I have labored and not found** success, **do not believe** him. Similarly, if he says to you: **I have not labored but** nevertheless **I have found** success, **do not believe** him. If, however, he says to you: **I have labored and I have found** success, **believe** him.


###### Megillah 6b:4
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הָנֵי מִילֵּי בְּדִבְרֵי תוֹרָה, אֲבָל בְּמַשָּׂא וּמַתָּן — סִיַּיעְתָּא הוּא מִן שְׁמַיָּא. וּלְדִבְרֵי תוֹרָה לָא אֲמַרַן אֶלָּא לְחַדּוֹדֵי, אֲבָל לְאוֹקֹמֵי גִּירְסָא — סִיַּיעְתָּא מִן שְׁמַיָּא הִיא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: **This applies** only **to matters of Torah,** as success with respect to Torah study is in accordance with the toil and effort invested. **But with regard to** success in **business, it** all depends upon **assistance from Heaven,** as there is no correlation between success and effort. **And** even **with regard to matters of Torah, we said** this **only with regard to sharpening** one’s understanding of Torah, as the more one labors, the deeper the understanding of the material he achieves. **However, to preserve what one has learned,** it **is** dependent upon **assistance from Heaven.** Not everyone achieves this, even with much effort.


###### Megillah 6b:5
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וְאָמַר רַבִּי יִצְחָק: אִם רָאִיתָ רָשָׁע שֶׁהַשָּׁעָה מְשַׂחֶקֶת לוֹ — אַל תִּתְגָּרֶה בּוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״אַל תִּתְחַר בַּמְּרֵעִים״. וְלֹא עוֹד, אֶלָּא שֶׁדְּרָכָיו מַצְלִיחִין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״יָחִילוּ דְּרָכָיו בְּכׇל עֵת״. וְלֹא עוֹד, אֶלָּא שֶׁזּוֹכֶה בַּדִּין, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״מָרוֹם מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ מִנֶּגְדּוֹ״. וְלֹא עוֹד, אֶלָּא שֶׁרוֹאֶה בְּשׂוֹנְאָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כׇּל צוֹרְרָיו יָפִיחַ בָּהֶם״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rabbi Yitzḥak** also **said: If you see a wicked man whom the hour is smiling upon,** i.e., who is enjoying good fortune, **do not provoke him, as it is stated: “Contend not with evildoers”** (Psalms 37:1). **And not only that, but** if you provoke him, **his undertakings will be successful, as it is stated: “His ways prosper at all times”** (Psalms 10:5). **And not only that, but** even if he is brought to court, **he emerges victorious in judgment, as it is stated: “Your judgments are far above him”** (Psalms 10:5), as though the trial is far removed from him and does not affect him. **And not only that, but he will see his enemies** fall, **as it is stated: “As for all his enemies, he hisses at them”** (Psalms 10:5).


###### Megillah 6b:6
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אִינִי? וְהָאָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַי: מוּתָּר לְהִתְגָּרוֹת בָּרְשָׁעִים בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״עוֹזְבֵי תוֹרָה יְהַלְלוּ רָשָׁע וְשׁוֹמְרֵי תוֹרָה יִתְגָּרוּ בָם״, וְתַנְיָא, רַבִּי דּוֹסְתַּאי בַּר מָתוּן אָמַר: מוּתָּר לְהִתְגָּרוֹת בָּרְשָׁעִים בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה, וְאִם לְחָשְׁךָ אָדָם לוֹמַר ״אַל תִּתְחַר בַּמְּרֵעִים וְאַל תְּקַנֵּא בְּעוֹשֵׂי עַוְלָה״ — מִי שֶׁלִּבּוֹ נוֹקְפוֹ אוֹמֵר כֵּן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Is that so? Didn’t Rabbi Yoḥanan say in the name of Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai: It is permitted to provoke the wicked in this world, as it is stated: “They that forsake the Torah praise the wicked; but they who keep the Torah contend with them”** (Proverbs 28:4)? **And** furthermore, **it is taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi Dostai bar Matun said: It is permitted to provoke the wicked in this world, and if a person whispers to you to say** that this is not so, relying on the verse: **“Contend not with evildoers, nor be envious against the workers of iniquity” (**Psalms 37:1), know that only **one whose heart strikes him** with pangs of conscience over sins that he committed **says this.**


###### Megillah 6b:7
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אֶלָּא: ״אַל תִּתְחַר בַּמְּרֵעִים״ — לִהְיוֹת כַּמְּרֵעִים, ״וְאַל תְּקַנֵּא בְּעוֹשֵׂי עַוְלָה״ — לִהְיוֹת כְּעוֹשֵׂי עַוְלָה. וְאוֹמֵר: ״אַל יְקַנֵּא לִבְּךָ בַּחַטָּאִים וְגוֹ׳!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rather,** the true meaning of that verse is: **“Contend not with evildoers,” to be like the evildoers; “nor be envious against the workers of iniquity,” to be like the workers of iniquity. And it says** elsewhere: **“Let not your heart envy sinners,** but be in the fear of the Lord all the day” (Proverbs 23:17). In this context, to be envious of sinners means to desire to be like them. Rabbi Yoḥanan and Rabbi Dostai indicate that one is permitted to provoke the wicked, against the opinion of Rabbi Yitzḥak.


###### Megillah 6b:8
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לָא קַשְׁיָא: הָא בְּמִילֵּי דִידֵיהּ, הָא בְּמִילֵּי דִשְׁמַיָּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara explains: This is **not difficult,** as it can be understood that **this,** Rabbi Yitzḥak’s statement that one may not provoke the wicked, is referring **to his** personal **matters,** while **that,** the statements of Rabbi Yoḥanan and Rabbi Dostai that it is permitted to provoke them, is referring **to matters of Heaven,** i.e., religious matters.


###### Megillah 6b:9
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וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא: הָא וְהָא בְּמִילֵּי דִידֵיהּ. וְלָא קַשְׁיָא: הָא בְּצַדִּיק גָּמוּר, הָא בְּצַדִּיק שֶׁאֵינוֹ גָּמוּר. דְּאָמַר רַב הוּנָא, מַאי דִּכְתִיב: ״לָמָּה תַבִּיט בּוֹגְדִים תַּחֲרִישׁ בְּבַלַּע רָשָׁע צַדִּיק מִמֶּנּוּ״, צַדִּיק מִמֶּנּוּ — בּוֹלֵעַ, צַדִּיק גָּמוּר — אֵינוֹ בּוֹלֵעַ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if you wish, say:** Both **this** statement **and that** statement are stated **with regard to his own affairs, and** still it is **not difficult. This** statement, that it is permitted to provoke the wicked, **applies to a completely righteous** individual; **that** statement, that one may not provoke them, **applies to** an individual **who is not completely righteous. As Rav Huna said: What is** the meaning of that **which is written: “Why do you look upon them that deal treacherously, and remain silent when the wicked devours the man that is more righteous than he”** (Habakkuk 1:13)? This verse indicates that the wicked **devours one who is more righteous than he;** however, **he does not devour one who is completely righteous.**


###### Megillah 6b:10
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וְאִי בָּעֵית אֵימָא: שָׁעָה מְשַׂחֶקֶת לוֹ שָׁאנֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if you wish, say** instead: When the **hour is smiling upon him,** i.e., when the wicked individual is enjoying good fortune, it **is different.** He is receiving divine assistance, and even the completely righteous should not provoke him.


###### Megillah 6b:11
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אָמַר עוּלָּא: אִיטַלְיָא שֶׁל יָוָן, זֶה כְּרַךְ גָּדוֹל שֶׁל רוֹמִי. וְהָוְיָא תְּלָת מְאָה פַּרְסָה עַל תְּלָת מְאָה פַּרְסָה. וְיֵשׁ בָּהּ שְׁלוֹשׁ מֵאוֹת שִׁשִּׁים וַחֲמִשָּׁה שְׁווֹקִים, כְּמִנְיַן יְמוֹת הַחַמָּה. וְקָטָן שֶׁבְּכוּלָּם שֶׁל מוֹכְרֵי עוֹפוֹת, וְהָוְיָא שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר מִיל עַל שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר מִיל. וּמֶלֶךְ סוֹעֵד בְּכׇל יוֹם בְּאֶחָד מֵהֶן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ Having mentioned Rome, the Gemara cites what **Ulla said. Greek Italy,** i.e., southern Italy, **is the great city of Rome, and it is three hundred parasang [*parsa*] by three hundred parasang. It has three hundred and sixty-five markets, corresponding to the number of days in the solar** year, **and the smallest of them all is** the market **of poultry sellers,** which **is sixteen *mil* by sixteen *mil*. And the king,** i.e., the Roman emperor, **dines every day in one of them.**


###### Megillah 6b:12
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וְהַדָּר בָּהּ, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ נוֹלָד בָּהּ — נוֹטֵל פְּרָס מִבֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ. וְהַנּוֹלָד בָּהּ, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ דָּר בָּהּ — נוֹטֵל פְּרָס מִבֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ. וּשְׁלֹשֶׁת אֲלָפִים בֵּי בָנֵי יֵשׁ בּוֹ, וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֹת חַלּוֹנוֹת מַעֲלִין עָשָׁן חוּץ לַחוֹמָה. צִדּוֹ אֶחָד יָם וְצִדּוֹ אֶחָד הָרִים וּגְבָעוֹת, צִדּוֹ אֶחָד מְחִיצָה שֶׁל בַּרְזֶל וְצִדּוֹ אֶחָד חוֹלְסִית וּמְצוּלָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And one who resides in** the city, **even if he was not born there, receives an allowance** for his living expenses **from the king’s palace. And one who was born there, even if he does not reside there,** also **receives an allowance from the king’s palace. And there are three thousand bathhouses in** the city, **and five hundred apertures that let the smoke** from the bathhouses **out beyond the walls** in a way that doesn’t blacken the walls themselves. **One side** of the city is bordered by the **sea, one side** by **mountains and hills, one side** by **a barrier of iron and one side** by **gravel [*ḥulsit*] and swamp.**


###### Megillah 6b:13
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**מַתְנִי׳** קָרְאוּ אֶת הַמְּגִילָּה בַּאֲדָר הָרִאשׁוֹן וְנִתְעַבְּרָה הַשָּׁנָה — קוֹרִין אוֹתָהּ בַּאֲדָר שֵׁנִי. אֵין בֵּין אֲדָר הָרִאשׁוֹן לַאֲדָר הַשֵּׁנִי אֶלָּא קְרִיאַת הַמְּגִילָּה וּמַתָּנוֹת לָאֶבְיוֹנִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**MISHNA:** If the people **read the Megilla during the first Adar and** subsequently **the year was** then **intercalated** by the court and now the following month will be the second Adar, **one reads** the Megilla again **during the second Adar.** The Sages formulated a principle: **The difference between the first Adar and the second Adar** with regard to the mitzvot that are performed during those months **is only** that **the reading of the Megilla and** distributing **gifts to the poor** are performed in the second Adar and not in the first Adar.


###### Megillah 6b:14
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**גְּמָ׳** הָא לְעִנְיַן סֵדֶר פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת, זֶה וָזֶה שָׁוִין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**GEMARA:** The Gemara infers **that with regard to the matter of the sequence of** Torah **portions** read each year on two *Shabbatot* before Purim, the portions of *Shekalim* and *Zakhor*, and on two *Shabbatot* after Purim, *Para* and *HaḤodesh*, **this,** the first Adar, **and that,** the second Adar **are equal,** in that reading them during the first Adar exempts one from reading them in the second Adar.


###### Megillah 6b:15
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מַנִּי מַתְנִיתִין? לָא תַּנָּא קַמָּא, וְלָא רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי, וְלָא רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל. דְּתַנְיָא: קָרְאוּ אֶת הַמְּגִילָּה בַּאֲדָר הָרִאשׁוֹן וְנִתְעַבְּרָה הַשָּׁנָה — קוֹרִין אוֹתָהּ בַּאֲדָר הַשֵּׁנִי, שֶׁכׇּל מִצְוֹת שֶׁנּוֹהֲגוֹת בַּשֵּׁנִי נוֹהֲגוֹת בָּרִאשׁוֹן, חוּץ מִמִּקְרָא מְגִילָּה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: If so, **whose** opinion is taught in **the mishna? It is neither** the opinion of **the** anonymous **first *tanna*** of the following *baraita*, **nor** that of **Rabbi Eliezer, son of Rabbi Yosei, nor** that of **Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, as it is taught** in a *baraita*: If **they read the Megilla during the first Adar and the year was** then **intercalated, they read it during the second Adar, as all mitzvot that are practiced during the second** Adar **are practiced in the first** Adar, **except for the reading of the Megilla.**


###### Megillah 6b:16
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רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר: אֵין קוֹרִין אוֹתָהּ בַּאֲדָר הַשֵּׁנִי, שֶׁכׇּל מִצְוֹת שֶׁנּוֹהֲגוֹת בַּשֵּׁנִי נוֹהֲגוֹת בָּרִאשׁוֹן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Eliezer, son of Rabbi Yosei, says: They do not read it** again **during the second Adar, as all mitzvot that are practiced during the second** Adar **are practiced during the first** Adar. Once the Megilla was read during the first Adar, one need not read it again during the second Adar.


###### Megillah 6b:17
[Megillah 6b:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/6b:17)

רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי יוֹסֵי: אַף קוֹרִין אוֹתָהּ בַּאֲדָר הַשֵּׁנִי, שֶׁכׇּל מִצְוֹת שֶׁנּוֹהֲגוֹת בַּשֵּׁנִי אֵין נוֹהֲגוֹת בָּרִאשׁוֹן. וְשָׁוִין בְּהֶסְפֵּד וּבְתַעֲנִית שֶׁאֲסוּרִין בָּזֶה וּבָזֶה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says in the name of Rabbi Yosei: They even read it** again **during the second Adar, as all mitzvot that are practiced during the second** Adar **are not practiced during the first** Adar. **And** they all **agree with regard to eulogy and with regard to fasting that they are prohibited on** the fourteenth and the fifteenth days of **this** month of the first Adar **and on that** month of the second Adar.


###### Megillah 6b:18
[Megillah 6b:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/6b:18)

רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל הַיְינוּ תַּנָּא קַמָּא? אָמַר רַב פָּפָּא: סֵדֶר פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת אִיכָּא בֵּינַיְיהוּ, דְּתַנָּא קַמָּא סָבַר לְכַתְּחִילָּה בַּשֵּׁנִי, וְאִי עֲבוּד בָּרִאשׁוֹן — עֲבוּד. בַּר מִמִּקְרָא מְגִילָּה, דְּאַף עַל גַּב דְּקָרוּ בָּרִאשׁוֹן — קָרוּ בַּשֵּׁנִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara analyzes the *baraita*. The opinion of **Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel is** identical to **that** of **the first *tanna*.** What novel element does he introduce? **Rav Pappa said: There is** a practical difference **between them** with regard to **the sequence of** four Torah **portions, as the first *tanna* maintains:** They should read those portions **during the second** Adar, ***ab initio*. However, if they did** so **during the first** Adar, **they did** so; and they fulfilled their obligation and need not read them again during the second Adar, **except for the reading of the Megilla, as even though they** already **read** it **during the first** Adar, **they read it** again **during the second** Adar.


###### Megillah 6b:19
[Megillah 6b:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/6b:19)

וְרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי סָבַר: אֲפִילּוּ מִקְרָא מְגִילָּה לְכַתְּחִילָּה בָּרִאשׁוֹן. וְרַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל סָבַר: אֲפִילּוּ סֵדֶר פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת, אִי קָרוּ בָּרִאשׁוֹן קָרוּ בַּשֵּׁנִי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rabbi Eliezer, son of Rabbi Yosei, maintains** that **even the reading of the Megilla** may be performed **during the first** Adar, ***ab initio*,** and they need not read it again during the second Adar. **And Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel maintains: Even** with regard to **the sequence of** four Torah **portions, if they read** them **during the first** Adar, **they read** them again **during the second** Adar.


###### Megillah 6b:20
[Megillah 6b:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/6b:20)

מַנִּי? אִי תַּנָּא קַמָּא — קַשְׁיָא מַתָּנוֹת, אִי רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי — קַשְׁיָא נָמֵי מִקְרָא מְגִילָּה, אִי רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל — קַשְׁיָא סֵדֶר פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Returning to the original question, according to **whose** opinion is the mishna taught? **If** it is the opinion of **the first *tanna*,** the *halakha* of **gifts** to the poor is **difficult.** The first *tanna* does not mention these gifts, indicating that he maintains that if gifts were distributed during the first Adar one need not distribute gifts to the poor during the second Adar. And **if** the mishna was taught according to the opinion of **Rabbi Eliezer, son of Rabbi Yosei, the reading of the Megilla** is **also difficult.** And **if** it is the opinion of **Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, the sequence of** Torah **portions** is **difficult.**


###### Megillah 6b:21
[Megillah 6b:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/6b:21)

לְעוֹלָם תַּנָּא קַמָּא, וּתְנָא מִקְרָא מְגִילָּה וְהוּא הַדִּין מַתָּנוֹת לָאֶבְיוֹנִים, דְּהָא בְּהָא תַּלְיָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara answers: **Actually,** the mishna is according to the opinion of **the first *tanna*, and he taught** the *halakha* with regard to **the reading of the Megilla, and the same is true** with regard to **gifts to the poor, as this** mitzva **is dependent upon that** one. The Gemara already explained that the gifts to the poor are distributed on the day that the Megilla is read.


###### Megillah 6b:22
[Megillah 6b:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/6b:22)

וְאִיבָּעֵית אֵימָא: לְעוֹלָם רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל הִיא, וּמַתְנִיתִין חַסּוֹרֵי מִיחַסְּרָא וְהָכִי קָתָנֵי: אֵין בֵּין אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר שֶׁבַּאֲדָר הָרִאשׁוֹן לְאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר שֶׁבַּאֲדָר הַשֵּׁנִי אֶלָּא מִקְרָא מְגִילָּה וּמַתָּנוֹת. הָא לְעִנְיַן הֶסְפֵּד וְתַעֲנִית — זֶה וָזֶה שָׁוִין, וְאִילּוּ סֵדֶר פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת לָא מַיְירֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if you wish, say** instead: **Actually,** the mishna **is** according to the opinion of **Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, and the mishna is incomplete and is teaching the following: The difference between the fourteenth** day **of the first Adar and the fourteenth** day **of the second Adar is only** with regard to **the reading of the Megilla and** distributing **gifts** to the poor. The Gemara infers **that** with regard to **the matter of eulogy and fasting, this,** the first Adar, **and that,** the second Adar **are equal, while** about **the sequence of** Torah **portions,** the mishna **does not speak** at all. The mishna limits its discussion to the *halakhot* of Purim.


###### Megillah 6b:23
[Megillah 6b:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/6b:23)

אָמַר רַבִּי חִיָּיא בַּר אָבִין אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: הִלְכְתָא כְּרַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל שֶׁאָמַר מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי יוֹסֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Avin said** that **Rabbi Yoḥanan said: The *halakha* is in accordance with** the opinion of **Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, who said** it **in the name of Rabbi Yosei.**


###### Megillah 6b:24
[Megillah 6b:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/6b:24)

אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, וּשְׁנֵיהֶם מִקְרָא אֶחָד דָּרְשׁוּ: ״בְּכׇל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה״, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי סָבַר: ״בְּכׇל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה״, מָה כׇּל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה — אֲדָר הַסָּמוּךְ לִשְׁבָט, אַף כָּאן — אֲדָר הַסָּמוּךְ לִשְׁבָט.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Yoḥanan said: And both of them,** Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel and Rabbi Eliezer, son of Rabbi Yosei, **interpreted the same verse** differently, leading them to their conclusions. It is written: “To enjoin upon them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and the fifteenth day of the same, **in each and every year”** (Esther 9:21). **Rabbi Eliezer, son of Rabbi Yosei, maintains: “In each and every year”** teaches that Purim must be celebrated the same way each year, even if it is intercalated: **Just as each and every year** Purim is celebrated during **Adar that is adjacent to Shevat, so too here** in an intercalated year Purim is celebrated during **Adar that is adjacent to Shevat.**


###### Megillah 6b:25
[Megillah 6b:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/6b:25)

וְרַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל סָבַר: ״בְּכׇל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה״, מָה כָּל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה — אֲדָר הַסָּמוּךְ לְנִיסָן, אַף כָּאן — אֲדָר הַסָּמוּךְ לְנִיסָן.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel maintains: “In each and every year”** teaches that **just as each and every year** Purim is celebrated in **Adar that is adjacent to Nisan, so too here,** in an intercalated year, Purim is celebrated during **Adar that is adjacent to Nisan.**


###### Megillah 6b:26
[Megillah 6b:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/6b:26)

בִּשְׁלָמָא רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי מִסְתַּבֵּר טַעְמָא, דְּאֵין מַעֲבִירִין עַל הַמִּצְוֹת. אֶלָּא רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל מַאי טַעְמָא?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **Granted,** according to **Rabbi Eliezer, son of Rabbi Yosei, the reason** for his opinion **is logical,** based on the principle that **one does not forego** performance of **the mitzvot;** rather, when presented with the opportunity to perform a mitzva, one should do so immediately. **However,** with regard to **Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, what is the reason** for his opinion?


###### Megillah 6b:27
[Megillah 6b:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/6b:27)

אָמַר רַבִּי טָבִי: טַעְמָא דְּרַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, מִסְמָךְ גְּאוּלָּה לִגְאוּלָּה עָדִיף.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Tavi said: The reason** for the opinion **of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel** is that **juxtaposing** the celebration of one **redemption,** Purim, **to** the celebration of another **redemption,** Passover, **is preferable.**


###### Megillah 6b:28
[Megillah 6b:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/6b:28)

רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אָמַר: טַעְמָא דְּרַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל מֵהָכָא, דִּכְתִיב: ״לְקַיֵּים אֵת אִגֶּרֶת הַפּוּרִים הַזֹּאת הַשֵּׁנִית״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Elazar said: The reason** for the opinion **of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel** is derived **from here, as it is written: “To confirm this second letter of Purim”** (Esther 9:29), indicating that there are circumstances where the Megilla is read a second time (Jerusalem Talmud), i.e., when the year was intercalated after the Megilla was read in the first Adar.


###### Megillah 6b:29
[Megillah 6b:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Megillah/r/6b:29)

וְאִיצְטְרִיךְ לְמִיכְתַּב

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara comments: **And it was necessary to write**