Commentary for Rosh Hashanah 61:9

במוספי דשבתא מה היו אומרים אמר רב ענן בר רבא אמר רב הזי"ו ל"ך

is whether to accept or not the dictum of R'Kattina; for R'Kattina said: The world is to last six thousand years, and one thousand it will be desolate, as it says, And the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. II, 11. A 'day' of God is reckoned as a thousand years, on the basis of Ps. XC, 4, 'For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday'; v. Sanh. 97a.');">¹⁹</span> Abaye, however, said: It will be desolate two thousand, as it says, After two days He will revive us.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hos. VI, 2. Cf. p. 146, n. 11, R. Nehemiah holds with Abaye, and therefore cannot refer to this period as a Sabbath day.');">²⁰</span> At the additional sacrifice of Sabbath what did they say? - R'Anan<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Var. lec. Hanan.');">²¹</span>

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