Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 37:1

ותיפוק ליה דהוה ליה יום שנהרג בו גדליה בן אחיקם אמר רב לא נצרכה אלא לאסור את שלפניו

But [if that is so], cannot the prohibition [of the third of Tishri] be derived from the fact that it was the on which Gedaliah the son of Ahikam was killed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On which, as established above, fasting was prohibited in the period of the Temple.');">¹</span> - Rab replied: Its [insertion in the Megillath Ta'anith] was required only to prohibit the day before it also.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra.');">²</span> But the prohibition of the day before it can also be derived from the fact that it is the day after New Moon?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra.');">²</span>

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