A Change in Ritual

1. When the Festival of the New Year fell on the Sabbath, they would blow [the shofar] in the Temple but not in the provinces. When the Temple was destroyed, Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai decreed that they would blow [the shofar] in any place that had a court. R. Eleazar said: Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai only decreed this for Yavneh alone. They said to him: Yavneh and any other place with a court are the same. [ . . . ]

3. At first, the lulav was carried for seven [days of Sukkot] in the Temple and one day in the provinces. When the Temple was destroyed, Rabban Yoḥanan ben Zakkai decreed that the lulav be carried in the provinces for seven days as a remembrance of the Temple. [He also decreed] that on the day of waving [the omer, the second day of Passover], it would be forbidden [to consume new produce].

Translated by Matthew Goldstone.