Mesorat%20hashas for Taanit 11:11

אמר רב חסדא הלכה כר' יוסי אמימר מתני להא דרב חסדא בהא לישנא בשלשה במרחשון שואלין את הגשמים רבן גמליאל אומר בשבעה בו אמר רב חסדא הלכה כרבן גמליאל

Our Rabbis have taught: Former rain [falls] in Marcheshvan and latter rain in Nisan. You say, Former rain in Marcheshvan; perhaps, on Kislev? The text [therefore] adds, 'in its due season, former rain and latter rain, as latter rain is that which comes in due season (since should Nisan pass and no rain fall, it is not a sign of blessing)<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [The words in brackets which appear bracketed also in the original seem irrelevant here. They are more appropriate in the preceding paragraph after the words, 'In its due season' where in point of fact they so occur in some edd.]. vbuatr vghcr');">¹⁵</span>

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