Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 12:11

ומאן תנא דפליג עליה דרב שמעיה אחרים היא דתניא אחרים אומרים אין בין עצרת לעצרת אין בין ר"ה לר"ה אלא ד' ימים בלבד ואם היתה שנה מעוברת חמשה

comes round the year is completed but the number of festivals is not completed. But for the Rabbis how is it possible? - [It is possible] on the basis of what R'Shemaiah learnt: Pentecost is sometimes on the fifth of the [third] month, sometimes on the sixth, and sometimes on the seventh.

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