Jerusalem Talmud Rosh Hashanah 2.7

משנה: שָׁלַח לוֹ רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל גּוֹזֵר אָנִי עָלֶיךָ שֶׁתָּבוֹא אֶצְלִי בְּמִקֶּלְךָ וּבְמָעוֹתֶיךָ בְּיוֹם שֶׁחָל יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים לִהְיוֹת בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹנָךְ. הָלַךְ וּמְצָאוֹ רַבִּי עֲקִיבָה מֵיצֵר אָמַר לוֹ וְיֶשׁ לִי לְלַמֵּד שֶׁכָּל מַה שֶּׁעָשָׂה רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל עָשׂוּי שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר אֵלֶּה מוֹעֲדֵי יי מִקְרָאֵי קוֹדֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר תִּקְרְאוּ אֹתָם בֵּין בִּזְמַנָּן בֵּין שֶׁלֹּא בִזְמַנָּן אֵין לִי מוֹעֲדוֹת אֶלָּא אֵילּוּ.

MISHNAH: Rabban Gamliel sent to him, I am decreeing about you that you shall come to me with your staff and your money purse on the day when the Day of Atonement should be according to your computation. Rebbi Aqiba went and found him afflicted. He said to him, I have to infer that all which Rabban Gamliel does is valid, as it is said, these are the festive times of the Eternal which you have to proclaim. Whether on the correct time or not the correct time, I only have these as festive times.

הלכה: אֶצֶל מִי שִׁילַּח. מִן מַה דְתַנֵּי. אָמַר רִבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ. נוֹחַ הַָיָה לִי מוּטַּל עַל הַמִּיטָּה וְלָא שָׁלַח רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה. הָדָא אָ‍מְרָה. אֶצֶל רִבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ שִׁילַּח. בְּיַד מִי שִׁילַּח. מִן מַה דְתַנֵּי. כְּלָשׁוֹן זֶה אָמַר לוֹ. נִיחַמְתָּנִי עֲקִיבָה. הָדָא אָ‍מְרָה. בְּיַד רִבִּי עֲקִיבָה שִׁילַּח. מֶה הָיָה לוֹ לְלַמֵּד. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵה. יוֹדְעִין הָיִינוּ שֶׁאִם קִידְּשׁוּהוּ שֶׁלֹּא בָעֵדִים שֶׁהוּא מְקודָּשׁ. וּמַה בָא לְהָעִיד. שֶׁאִם קִידְּשׁוּהוּ וְאַחַר כָּךְ נִמְצְאוּ הָעֶדִים זוֹמְמִין הֲרֵי זֶה מְקוּדָּשׁ. והָא תַנִּינָן. מַעֲשֶׂה שֶׁעָ‍בְרוּ יוֹתֵר מֵאַרְבָּעִים זוּג וְעִיכְּבָן רִבִּי עֲקִיבָה בְלוּד. עַל יְדֵי שֶׁהָיוּ אַרְבָּעִים זוּג. אֲבָל אִם הָיָה זוּג אֶחָד לֹא הָיָה מְעַכְּבוֹ.

HALAKHAH: To whom did he send? Since it was stated, Rebbi Joshua said, it would have been better for me would I be sick in bed and Rabban Gamliel had not sent this, it implies that he sent to Rebbi Joshua. Through whom did he send? Since it was stated, in the following expression he said to him, Aqiba, you consoled me, it implies that he sent through Rebbi Aqiba. What should he have inferred? Rebbi Yose said, we know that if they sanctified it without witnesses it is sanctified. For what does he testify? “For if they sanctified it and then the witnesses were found perjured, it is sanctified.” But did we not state, “it happened that more than 40 couples passed by and Rebbi Aqiba held them back in Lydda”? Because they are 40 couples. But if it had been a single couple he would not have held them back.