Commentary for Shabbat 174:7

דתניא אחרים אומרים אין בין עצרת לעצרת ואין בין ר"ה לר"ה אלא ד' ימים בלבד ואם היתה שנה מעוברת ה' הוה ליה ריש ירחא דאייר מעלי שבתא וריש ירחא דסיון שבתא קשיא בין לרבי יוסי בין לרבנן לר' יוסי שבעה חסרין עבוד

the first for the dwelling of the <i>Shechinah</i> in Israel, the first for the [priestly] blessing of Israel,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By Aaron, v. ibid. 22. ');">²³</span> the first for the interdict of the high places,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Upon which sacrifices were offered before the erection of the Tabernacle. ');">²⁴</span> [and] the first of months. Now, since the first of Nisan of that year was on a Sunday, that of the previous year must have been on a Wednesday. For it was taught: Others say, Between one 'Azereth<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'solemn assembly' — the Feast of Weeks. ');">²⁵</span> and another, and between one New Year['s day] and another, there can be a difference of only four days,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., one falls four days later in the week than the previous year's, since the Jewish year, which is lunar, consists of three hundred and fifty-four days. ');">²⁶</span> and in a leap year, five [days].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' An extra month of twenty-nine days being intercalated. ');">²⁷</span> Hence the first of Iyar must have fallen on the eve of the Sabbath [Friday], and the first of Siwan on the Sabbath, which is a difficulty according to both R. Jose and the Rabbis? — In R. Jose's view, seven months were declared defective;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So there was a difference of three days, not four, that year consisting of three hundred and fifty-three days, which makes the first of Siwan fall on a Sunday. ');">²⁸</span>

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