Commentary for Berakhot 70:9
א"ל רבא לרבנן במטותא מינייכו ביומי ניסן וביומי תשרי לא תתחזו קמאי כי היכי דלא תטרדו במזונייכו כולא שתא:
Raba said to the Rabbis : I beg of you not to appear before me during the days of Nisan and Tishri, so that you may not be concerned about your maintenance the whole year.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
The first and seventh months of the year, corresponding with March — April and September — October, the time of the ripening of corn and the pressing of grapes. By devoting these two months to work, the remainder of the year could safely be given to Torah. Raba accordingly agreed with R. Ishmael.
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