Mesorat%20hashas for Sotah 24:17

בשלמא למ"ד בששה בסיון משכחת לה ג' ירחי דאמר מר בשבעה באדר מת ובשבעה באדר נולד משה ומשבעה באדר ועד ששה בסיון תלתא ירחי אלא למ"ד בעשרים ואחד בניסן היכי משכחת לה

and the Ministering Angels spoke before the Holy One, blessed be He, 'Lord of the Universe! Shall he who will receive the Torah on Mount Sinai on this day be punished on this day?' It is quite right according to him who said that it was the sixth of Sivan, for then it occurred three months [after his birth]; for a master has said: Moses died on the seventh of Adar<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The twelfth month. ');">²⁶</span> and was born on the seventh of Adar, and from the seventh of Adar to the sixth of Sivan is three months. But according to him who said that it was the twenty-first of Nisan, how could it have been?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The difference between the two dates is only one month and fourteen days. ');">²⁷</span>

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