George Leo Haydock, on Jdt 8:6

“And she wore haircloth upon her loins, and fasted all the days of her life, except the sabbaths, and new moons, and the feasts of the house of Israel.”

“Loins. Greek, “and she had on the garments of her widowhood, and.” (Haydock) — She laid these aside, chap. x. ii. (Calmet) — Life. Greek, “widowhood, except the day before the sabbath, and the sabbaths, and the new moons, and feasts, and days of rejoicing of the house of Israel.” (Haydock) — Syriac and old Vulgate omit, “the day before the sabbath;” and perhaps it may not have been in the original, the Greek translator having inserted it conformably to the practice of his times. It was then prescribed to abstain from fasting, that the joy of the festival might not be impaired, (Grotius) and because it would be necessary to taste what was made ready for the sabbath; (Skikard, Purim) or rather because, as the festival began on Friday, between the two vespers, or from three to six in the afternoon, during the equinoxes, the fast could not be rigorously observed on Friday. (Calmet) — New moons were days of rejoicing. (Menochius) (1 Kings xx. 5.) — The Jews kept two days together, for fear of missing the day on which the moon really appeared. Several feasts were also prescribed perhaps before this time, on the 1st and 22nd of Nisan, &c.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.