## Taanit Daf 31a

###### Taanit 31a:1
[Taanit 31a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Taanit/r/31a:1)

לְאֵיזֶה שֶׁיִּרְצוּ יַעֲלוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
that **they may ascend to wherever they wish,** i.e., they may go to Jerusalem, Bethel, or Dan.


###### Taanit 31a:2
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רַב מַתְנָה אָמַר: יוֹם שֶׁנִּתְּנוּ הֲרוּגֵי בֵיתֵּר לִקְבוּרָה. וְאָמַר רַב מַתְנָה: אוֹתוֹ יוֹם שֶׁנִּתְּנוּ הֲרוּגֵי בֵיתֵּר לִקְבוּרָה, תִּקְנוּ בְּיַבְנֶה ״הַטּוֹב וְהַמֵּטִיב״, ״הַטּוֹב״ — שֶׁלֹּא הִסְרִיחוּ, ״וְהַמֵּטִיב״ — שֶׁנִּתְּנוּ לִקְבוּרָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Mattana said:** There was an additional salvation on this day, as it was the **day that the slain of Beitar were brought to burial,** several years after the battle at Beitar (see *Gittin* 57a). **And Rav Mattana said: On the same day that the slain of Beitar were brought to burial, they instituted** the blessing: **Who is good and does good, at Yavne. Who is good,** thanking God that the corpses **did not decompose** while awaiting burial, **and does good,** thanking God **that they were** ultimately **brought to burial.**


###### Taanit 31a:3
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רַבָּה וְרַב יוֹסֵף דְּאָמְרִי תַּרְוַיְיהוּ: יוֹם שֶׁפָּסְקוּ מִלִּכְרוֹת עֵצִים לַמַּעֲרָכָה. דְּתַנְיָא, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר הַגָּדוֹל אוֹמֵר: מֵחֲמִשָּׁה עָשָׂר בְּאָב וְאֵילָךְ תָּשַׁשׁ כּוֹחָהּ שֶׁל חַמָּה, וְלֹא הָיוּ כּוֹרְתִין עֵצִים לַמַּעֲרָכָה, לְפִי שֶׁאֵינָן יְבֵשִׁין.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It is **Rabba and Rav Yosef who both say:** The fifteenth of Av was the **day on which they stopped chopping down trees for the arrangement** of wood that burned on the altar, **as it is taught** in a *baraita* that **Rabbi Eliezer the Great says: From the fifteenth of Av onward, the strength of the sun grows weaker, and** from this date **they would not cut** additional **wood for the arrangement, as they** would **not** be properly **dry,** and they would therefore be unfit for use in the Temple.


###### Taanit 31a:4
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אָמַר רַב מְנַשְּׁיָא: וְקָרוּ לֵיהּ יוֹם תְּבַר מַגָּל. מִכָּאן וְאֵילָךְ, דְּמוֹסֵיף — יוֹסֵיף, וּדְלָא מוֹסֵיף — יֵאָסֵף. מַאי ״יֵאָסֵף״? אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: תִּקְבְּרֵיהּ אִימֵּיהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Menashya said: And they called** the fifteenth of Av the **day of the breaking of the scythe,** as from this date onward no more trees were cut down, and therefore it was a celebration for the trees. The Gemara adds: **From** the fifteenth of **Av onward,** when the days begin to shorten, **one who adds** to his nightly Torah study **will add** years to his life, **and he who does not add [*mosif*] will be gathered [*ye’asef*].** The Gemara asks: **What is** the meaning of the phrase: **He will be gathered? Rav Yosef said:** It means that **his mother will bury him,** as he will be gathered to his grave (see Genesis 49:33).


###### Taanit 31a:5
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שֶׁבָּהֶן בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם כּוּ׳. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: בַּת מֶלֶךְ שׁוֹאֶלֶת מִבַּת כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל, בַּת כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל —מִבַּת סְגָן, וּבַת סְגָן — מִבַּת מְשׁוּחַ מִלְחָמָה, וּבַת מְשׁוּחַ מִלְחָמָה — מִבַּת כֹּהֵן הֶדְיוֹט, וְכׇל יִשְׂרָאֵל שׁוֹאֲלִין זֶה מִזֶּה כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא (יִתְבַּיֵּישׁ) [לְבַיֵּישׁ] אֶת מִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The mishna taught: **As on them the daughters of Jerusalem** would go out in white clothes, and on the fifteenth of Av they would go out to the vineyards and dance. **The Sages taught** this tradition in greater detail: **The daughter of the king borrows** white garments **from the daughter of the High Priest; the daughter of the High Priest** borrows **from the daughter of the deputy High Priest; the daughter of the deputy High Priest** borrows **from the daughter of** the priest **anointed for war,** i.e., the priest who would read verses of Torah and address the army as they prepared for battle; **the daughter of** the priest **anointed for war** borrows **from the daughter of a common priest; and all the Jewish people borrow from each other.** Why would they all borrow garments? They did this **so as not to embarrass one who did not have** her own white garments.


###### Taanit 31a:6
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כׇּל הַכֵּלִים טְעוּנִין טְבִילָה. אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: אֲפִילּוּ מְקוּפָּלִין וּמוּנָּחִין בְּקוּפְסָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The mishna further taught: **All the garments** that the women borrowed **require immersion,** as those who previously wore them before might have been ritually impure. **Rabbi Elazar says: Even** if the garments were **folded and placed in a box [*kufsa*],** an indication that they had not been touched for a long time, they nevertheless require ritual immersion before being worn.


###### Taanit 31a:7
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בְּנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל יוֹצְאוֹת וְחוֹלוֹת בַּכְּרָמִים. תָּנָא: מִי שֶׁאֵין לוֹ אִשָּׁה, נִפְנֶה לְשָׁם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The mishna also stated that **the daughters of the Jewish people** would **go out and dance in the vineyards.** A *tanna* **taught: One who did not have a wife** would **turn to there** to find one.


###### Taanit 31a:8
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מְיוּחָסוֹת שֶׁבָּהֶן הָיוּ אוֹמְרוֹת: בָּחוּר וְכוּ׳. תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: יְפֵיפִיּוֹת שֶׁבָּהֶן מָה הָיוּ אוֹמְרוֹת — תְּנוּ עֵינֵיכֶם לַיּוֹפִי, שֶׁאֵין הָאִשָּׁה אֶלָּא לְיוֹפִי. מְיוּחָסוֹת שֶׁבָּהֶן מָה הָיוּ אוֹמְרוֹת — תְּנוּ עֵינֵיכֶם לַמִּשְׁפָּחָה, לְפִי שֶׁאֵין הָאִשָּׁה אֶלָּא לְבָנִים. מְכוֹעָרוֹת שֶׁבָּהֶם מָה הָיוּ אוֹמְרוֹת — קְחוּ מִקַּחֲכֶם לְשׁוּם שָׁמַיִם, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁתְּעַטְּרוּנוּ בִּזְהוּבִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
It is taught that **those** women **of distinguished lineage among them would say: Young man,** please lift up your eyes and see what you choose for a wife. **The Sages taught** this practice in greater detail in a *baraita*: **What would the beautiful women among them say? Set your eyes toward beauty, as a wife is only for her beauty. What would those of distinguished lineage among them say? Set your eyes toward family, as a wife is only for children,** and the children of a wife from a distinguished family will inherit her lineage. **What would the ugly ones among them say? Acquire your purchase for the sake of Heaven, provided that you adorn us with golden jewelry** after our marriage to beautify us.


###### Taanit 31a:9
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אָמַר עוּלָּא בִּירָאָה, אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: עָתִיד הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לַעֲשׂוֹת מָחוֹל לְצַדִּיקִים, וְהוּא יוֹשֵׁב בֵּינֵיהֶם בְּגַן עֵדֶן, וְכׇל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד מַרְאֶה בְּאֶצְבָּעוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״וָאֹמַר בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא הִנֵּה אֱלֹהֵינוּ זֶה קִוִּינוּ לוֹ וְיוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ זֶה ה׳ קִוִּינוּ לוֹ נָגִילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה בִּישׁוּעָתוֹ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The tractate concludes with a statement related to the topic of dancing. **Ulla** of the city of **Bira’a said** that **Rabbi Elazar said:** In the **future,** in the end of days, **the Holy One, Blessed be He, will arrange a dance of the righteous, and He** will **be sitting among them in** the **Garden of Eden, and each and every one** of the righteous will **point** to God **with his finger, as it is stated: “And it shall be said on that day: Behold, this is our God, for whom we waited, that He might save us. This is the Lord; for whom we waited. We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation”** (Isaiah 25:9). God will be revealed, so that every righteous individual will be able to say: This is our God, as though they were pointing at Him with a finger.


###### Taanit 31a:10
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**הֲדַרַן עֲלָךְ בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה פְּרָקִים וּסְלִיקָא לַהּ מַסֶּכֶת תַּעֲנִית**

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**We will return to you, "In three places" - and Tractate Taanit is concluded.**