Mesorat%20hashas for Shevuot 19:20
בשלמא דרגלים לא מכפרין אדיום הכפורים דאמר קרא אחת בשנה כפרה זו לא תהא אלא אחת בשנה אלא דיום הכפורים ניכפרו אדרגלים אמר קרא אחת כפרה אחת מכפר ואינו מכפר שתי כפרות
But the New Moon is not a festival! Verily, the New Moon is also called a festival, as Abaye said [elsewhere], - for Abaye said Tammuz of that year<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The second year after the Exodus. The twelve men who went to reconnoitre the land of Canaan left on the 29th of Sivan, and returned on the 8th of Ab (the 2 last days of Sivan, 30 days of Tammuz, and 8 days of Ab 40 days) . And the people wept that night (Num. XIV, 1) , i.e., on the eve of the 9th of Ab. Because they wept for no reason that night, it was fixed as an annual night of weeping for the future. (The first and second Temples were destroyed on that date) ; v. Ta'an. 29a. sgun');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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