שְׁמָדָא, Ḥull. 101ᵇ ש׳ הוא דהוה וכ׳ Ms. M. it was a time of persecution (when Jews were forbidden to observe their festive days), and they sent word from there (Palestine) that this year’s Day of Atonement should be observed on a Sabbath day. Gen. R. s. 79 הוו טמירין … ביומא דש׳ were hidden in a cave for thirteen years during the (Hadrianic) persecution; Koh. R. to X, 8. Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵇ top בשעת שׁוּמְדָּא; a. e.