Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 38:5
וכי תימא דלמא עברוה לאלול והאמר רבי חיננא בר כהנא א"ר מימות עזרא ואילך לא מצינו אלול מעובר
Should you reply that [the reason is because] perhaps Elul has been prolonged,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., made to last thirty days, and therefore the Diaspora may make a mistake about the Day of Atonement and Tabernacles.');"><sup>2</sup></span> [this cannot be], because R'Hinena B'Kahana has said in the name of Rabbi: 'From the days of Ezra onwards we have found no instance of Elul being prolonged'! - [Exactly so]: 'We find no instance', because there was no reason [to prolong it]; where, however, there is a special reason,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The 'special reason' is discussed infra, 20a.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
Explore commentary for Rosh Hashanah 38:5. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.