Jewish%20thought for Rosh Hashanah 39:11

ולמ"ד משום ירקיא לעבריה משום מתיא אלא איכא בינייהו יו"ט הסמוך לשבת בין מלפניה בין מלאחריה מ"ד משום ירקיא מעברינן ומאן דאמר משום מתיא אפשר בעממי

But even if we accept the view that the reason is because of vegetables, we should still prolong Elul because of the unburied dead? - We must therefore say that the practical difference is in the case of a festival which comes just before or just after Sabbath. In such a case, according to him who says the reason is because of vegetables,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which would be required on the second of the holy days.');">¹²</span>

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