Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 39:7

אי אמרת בשלמא זמנין מלא וזמנין חסר משום הכי מחללינן אלא אי אמרת לעולם חסר אמאי מחללינן תיובתא

- This is unanswerable.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'this is a confutation'.');">⁸</span> When 'Ulla came [from Palestine to Babylon], he said: They have prolonged Elul.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So as to prevent Sabbath and a festival falling on successive days.');">⁹</span>

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