Quoting%20commentary for Avodah Zarah 17:4

אי טעי ספרא נשייליה לתנא כמה חשיב ונבצר מינייהו עשרין שנין ומשכח ליה לחומריה וסימניך ספרא בצירא תנא תוספאה

If on the other hand a notary is uncertain, let him ask a Tanna what the year is according to his reckoning and deduct from it twenty years and he will find his calculation. As a mnemonic take, “The Scribe is reducing the Tanna is adding.”

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