Eruvin 40b
עירובין מ׳ ב — ד"ה כִּי אֲתַאי בֵּי רַב יְהוּדָה
Eruvin 40b:8
Chachmei Bavel report that Rav Yehuda recited the blessing for time even on a new gourd, while Rav and Shmuel limited it to the three pilgrim Festivals; the passage concludes that it is recited on Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur and may be recited even in the market without a cup of wine.
כִּי אֲתַאי בֵּי רַב יְהוּדָה, אֲמַר: אֲנָא אַקָּרָא חַדְתָּא נָמֵי אָמֵינָא זְמַן. אָמְרִי לֵיהּ: רְשׁוּת לָא קָא מִיבַּעְיָא לִי, כִּי קָא מִיבַּעְיָא לִי חוֹבָה מַאי? אָמַר לִי: רַב וּשְׁמוּאֵל דְּאָמְרִי תַּרְוַויְיהוּ: אֵין אוֹמֵר זְמַן אֶלָּא בְּשָׁלֹשׁ רְגָלִים. מַאי הָוֵי עֲלַהּ? שַׁדְּרוּהּ רַבָּנַן לְרַב יֵימַר סָבָא קַמֵּיהּ דְּרַב חִסְדָּא בְּמַעֲלֵי יוֹמָא דְּרֵישׁ שַׁתָּא, אֲמַרוּ לֵיהּ: זִיל חֲזִי הֵיכִי עָבֵיד עוֹבָדָא, תָּא אֵימָא לַן. כִּי חַזְיֵיהּ אֲמַר לֵיהּ: דַּלְיוּהּ לִרְטִיבָה רָפְסָא לֵיהּ בְּדוּכְתֵּיהּ. אַיְיתוֹ לֵיהּ כָּסָא דְחַמְרָא, קַדֵּישׁ וַאֲמַר זְמַן. וְהִלְכְתָא: אוֹמֵר זְמַן בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה וְיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים. וְהִלְכְתָא: זְמַן — אוֹמְרוֹ אֲפִילּוּ בַּשּׁוּק.
When I came to the house of study of Rav Yehuda, he said: I recite the blessing for time even on a new gourd, and I certainly recite the blessing on Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur. I said to him: I have no dilemma about the fact that one has the option of reciting the blessing for time; the dilemma I have is about whether there is an obligation to recite the blessing. What is the halakha in this regard? Rav Yehuda said to me that it was Rav and Shmuel who both said: One recites the blessing for time only on the three pilgrim Festivals. The Gemara asks: What conclusion was reached about this matter? Must one recite the blessing: Who has given us life, on Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur? The Sages sent Rav Yeimar the Elder before Rav Ḥisda on the eve of Rosh HaShana. They said to him: Go, see how he acts in this regard and then come and tell us. When Rav Ḥisda saw Rav Yeimar, he said to him in the words of a folk saying: One who picks up a moist log, which is not fit for firewood, must want to do something on the spot. In other words, you certainly have come to me with some purpose in mind, and not just for a visit. They brought him a cup of wine, and he recited kiddush and the blessing for time. The Gemara concludes: The halakha is that one recites the blessing for time on Rosh HaShana and on Yom Kippur, and the halakha is that one may recite the blessing for time even in the market, as it does not require a cup of wine.
