ביום השביעי. יש אומרים כי בשבת הקריבו והיא הוראת שעה ויש אומרים כי היום הוא שביעי לחנוכת המזבח והמכחישים אמרו כי לא היה תחלת החנוכה יום ראשון לשבוע וזה לא יועיל כי לא יתכן שלא יהיה שבת בין שנים עשר יום. והנכון בעיני כי הוא כפירוש השני זבח השלמים וכן ביום השביעי בהקפת יריחו וכן ז' הימים בחנוכת הבית בעבור יום ענוי נפש: ON THE SEVENTH DAY. Some say that Elishama the son of Ammihud presented his offering on the Sabbath. It was a ruling for that time.²⁶For personal offerings cannot be offered on the Sabbath. Others say that the reference is to the seventh day of the dedication of the tabernacle.²⁷According to this interpretation, the Sabbath day is not included in the days of dedication, for no sacrifice was offered on the Sabbath. Those who disagree with our sages say that the first day of the altar’s dedication did not fall on the first day of the week.²⁸Hence the seventh day of dedication did not fall on the Sabbath. However, this is of no avail, for it is impossible that there be no Sabbath in twelve days.I believe that the second interpretation²⁹That the seventh day refers to the seventh day of dedication, not to the seventh day of the week. is correct, because of the peace offering.³⁰Brought by Elishama. Peace offerings were not brought on the Sabbath. The seventh day of the circling of Jericho is similar.³¹See Josh. 6:6-15. According to I.E. the seventh day on which the Israelites circled Jericho was not a Sabbath. Likewise the seven days of the dedication of the temple (I Kings 8:65) because of the Day of Atonement.³²The second series of seven days of the dedication of the first temple apparently took in the Day of Atonement. Now if this is the case, then the people ate on Yom Kippur. This is the opinion of the sages of the Talmud. According to I.E. these seven days do not include Yom Kippur, for there were no dedication festivities on that day.