Commentary for Taanit 35:8

השתא דאתית להכי עשרים ותשעה נמי כיון דאילו מיקלע מילתא ובטליניה לעשרים ותמניא עשרין ותשעה גופיה אסור דה"ל יומא דמקמי יומא דאיתוקם תמידא

-Abaye replied: It was necessary to state the restriction in this way in order to cover the case of a full month [where Adar has thirty days].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In that case the thirtieth Adar would be the last day of the month and it could only be included in the restriction on the ground that it precedes the first Nisan and not that it follows the twenty-ninth Adar, seeing that a day (the twenty-eighth) intervenes.');">⁵</span> R'Ashi said: The same would be the case even when the month [of Adar] is deficient,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., it has twenty-nine days.');">⁶</span>

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