Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 6:7

מתיב רב יוסף (חגי א, טו) ביום עשרים וארבעה לחדש בששי בשנת שתים לדריוש וכתיב (חגי ב, א) בשביעי (בשנת שתים) בעשרים ואחד לחדש ואם איתא בשביעי בשנת ג' מיבעי ליה

So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Neh. II, 1-6. It is not clear why the last three verses are quoted.');">⁴</span> R'Joseph sought to disprove [the statement that the years of non-Israelitish kings are reckoned from Tishri, as follows]: [It is written], In the four and twentieth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hag. I, 15.');">⁵</span> and it is further written, In the seventh month in the second year in the one and twentieth day of the month.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. II, 1. This verse follows immediately on the one just quoted and it is assumed that it refers to the same year as the preceding verse; therefore the words 'in the second year', which appear in the quotation as given in the Talmud in brackets, are not found in this verse (Rashi) .');">⁶</span>

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