Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 6:1
למנינא אחרינא הוא אמר רב פפא שנת עשרים שנת עשרים לגזירה שוה מה התם לארתחשסתא אף הכא לארתחשסתא
some other system of dating is adopted? - R'Papa replied: The occurrence in each text of the expression 'twentieth year' provides us with a gezerah shawah,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');"><sup>1</sup></span> [indicating that] just as in the latter case it means 'o the reign of Artaxerxes', so in the former. But how do you know that the incident of Kislev was prior?
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