Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 15:15

ואיבעית אימא רב חסדא כרבי זירא מתני לה דרבי זירא אמר לתקופה ור"א היא דאמר בתשרי נברא העולם

What legal bearing has this? - R'Papa said: For [determining the validity of] documents, as we have learnt, 'Bonds if antedated are invalid, but if postdated are valid'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra, p. 2, n. 2.');">¹¹</span> But we have learnt, ON THE FIRST OF NISAN IS NEW YEAR FOR KINGS, and we asked, What is the legal bearing of this, and R'Hisda replied, For [determining the validity of] documents?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which shows that the year for documents is dated from Nisan and not Tishri.');">¹²</span>

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