Commentary for Yoma 130:8

הא לא קשיא כרבי דתניא (ויקרא כה, ל) שנה תמימה מונה שלש מאות וששים וחמשה יום כמנין ימות החמה דברי ר' וחכ"א מונה שנים עשר חדש מיום ליום

And because of a preventive measure shall they be left to die? - Rather is it a restriction because of a sin-offering whose year is past.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the fear that by the next Day of Atonement it may be more than a year old. All the he-goats offered up as sin-offerings are invalidated after they have reached the age of one year.');">⁶</span> Is that [but] a preventive measure? This is itself a sin-offering whose year i past.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Obviously this sin-offering will be past one year this time next year.');">⁷</span> This is no difficulty, in accord with the view of Rabbi. For it was taught:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. H. 6b.');">⁸</span> A full year,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXV, 30. The reference here is to the time (one year) during which the seller of a dwelling house in a walled city may redeem the property sold by cancellation of contract.');">⁹</span> one counts three hundred and sixty-five days according to the year of the sun, this is the view of Rabbi. The Sages say: One counts twelve months from day to day.

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