Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 6:10
ועוד מי דמי התם כורש הכא דריוש תנא הוא כורש הוא דריוש הוא ארתחשסתא כורש שמלך כשר היה ארתחשסתא על שם מלכותו ומה שמו דריוש שמו
and in connection with this it has been taught: 'At that period ,in the year following,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which would be the seventh year of Darius.');"><sup>11</sup></span> Ezra went up from Babylon along with his band of exiles'. Now it is written further, And he [Ezra] came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king; and if it is [as you say], it should be 'in the eighth year'?
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