Jewish%20thought for Rosh Hashanah 39:16

וכי הא דאמר רבי יהושע בן לוי מאיימין על העדים על החדש שנראה בזמנו לעברו ואין מאיימין על העדים על החדש שלא נראה בזמנו לקדשו

- Raba replied: There is no contradiction: in the once case we speak of prolonging the month, in the other of sanctifying it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra.');">¹⁸</span> and what [the above teaching] meant is this: I might say that just as the year is prolonged to meet an emergency, so the month may be sanctified to meet an emergency, therefore it says, 'This month is for you'; See [the moon] like this, and then sanctify.

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