ט אֵין עֲשִׂיַּת יוֹם טוֹב אֶחָד תְּלוּיָה בִּקְרִיבַת הַמָּקוֹם. כֵּיצַד. אִם יִהְיֶה מָקוֹם בֵּינוֹ וּבֵין יְרוּשָׁלַיִם מַהֲלַךְ חֲמִשָּׁה יָמִים אוֹ פָּחוֹת שֶׁבְּוַדַּאי אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיַּגִּיעוּ לָהֶן שְׁלוּחִין. אֵין אוֹמְרִין שֶׁאַנְשֵׁי מָקוֹם זֶה עוֹשִׂין יוֹם טוֹב אֶחָד. שֶׁמִּי יֹאמַר לָנוּ שֶׁהָיוּ הַשְּׁלוּחִים יוֹצְאִין לְמָקוֹם זֶה. שֶׁמָּא לֹא הָיוּ הַשְּׁלוּחִים יוֹצְאִין לְמָקוֹם זֶה מִפְּנֵי שֶׁלֹּא הָיוּ שָׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאַחַר שֶׁחָזְרוּ לִקְבֹּעַ עַל הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן יָשְׁבוּ שָׁם יִשְׂרְאֵלִים שֶׁהֵן חַיָּבִין לַעֲשׂוֹת שְׁנֵי יָמִים. אוֹ מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהָיָה חֵרוּם בַּדֶּרֶךְ כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁהָיָה בֵּין יְהוּדָה וְגָלִיל בִּימֵי חַכְמֵי הַמִּשְׁנָה. אוֹ מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהָיוּ הַכּוּתִים מוֹנְעִין אֶת הַשְּׁלוּחִין לַעֲבֹר בֵּינֵיהֶן:
9 The observance of one day of the other festivals does not depend upon the proximity of a location to Jerusalem. For example, a locality at a distance of five days' journey or less from Jerusalem could certainly have been reached by the messengers in time; yet it cannot be said that the residents of this place should observe only one day. As who will tell us that the messengers went out to this place? possibly no messengers were ever sent out to this place because there were no Jews there, and when the calendar began to be determined by computation the place was settled by Jews who were required to observe two days by their previous custom. Or else, no messengers ever came to this place because of insecurity in travel, as was the case between Judea and Galilee during the period of [the Tannaim] the sages of the Mishnah, or, because non-Jews, living along the road, would prevent the messengers from passing through the area.