Quoting%20commentary for Rosh Hashanah 42:1

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> על שני חדשים מחללין את השבת על ניסן ועל תשרי שבהן שלוחין יוצאין לסוריא ובהן מתקנין את המועדות וכשהיה בית המקדש קיים מחללין אף על כולן מפני תקנת הקרבן:

<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>FOR THE SAKE OF TWO MONTHS SABBATH MAY BE PROFANED,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By witnesses who have seen the new moon, in order that they may give information in Jerusalem at the earliest possible moment. V. supra.');">¹</span> NAMELY, NISAN AND TISHRI, SINCE IN THEM MESSENGERS GO FORTH TO SYRIA AND IN THEM THE DATES OF THE FESTIVALS ARE FIXED.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It is difficult to see what reason this furnishes for allowing the witnesses to break the Sabbath. Rashi explains that if the witnesses are not allowed to bring the news on Sabbath, the New Moon will not be sanctified till Sunday, and so the messengers instead of setting out as soon as Sabbath is over will not set out till several hours later, and this might make them late in some places in giving notice of the date of Passover. V. Rashi and Tosaf.');">²</span>

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