Commentary for Pesachim 105:7

ורמינהי אוכלין בענבים עד הפסח בזיתים עד העצרת בגרוגרות עד החנוכה בתמרים עד הפורים ואמר רב ביבי ר' יוחנן תרתי בתרייתא מחליף אידי ואידי חד שיעורא הוא ואי בעית אימא הא קתני בהדיא אם יש מאוחרות מהן אוכלין עליהן

'One may eat dates until the last in Zoar is finished; R'Simeon B'Gamaliel said: One may eat [in reliance] on those that are among the upper [overarching] branches, but you may not eat [in reliance] on those that are among the single prickly branches.' But the following contradicts this: One may eat grapes until Passover; olives until Pentecost; dried figs until Hanukkah;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Feast of Lights, commencing on the twenty-fifth of Kislev and lasting for eight days. It generally fails in the latter half of December.');">¹⁸</span> [and] dates until Purim.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Lots' - the minor Festival in celebration of Haman's downfall. It is held on the fourteenth of Adar, and generally occurs in March.');">¹⁹</span> Now R'Bibi said, R'Johanan transposes the last two!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., dried figs until Purim, and dates until Hanukkah. By then the various kinds mentioned have disappeared from the field; thus this conflicts with the previous statement.');">²⁰</span>

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