Reference for Gittin 159:19

אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל

For if I had been told only the REIGN WHICH OUGHT NOT TO COUNT, I might have thought that the objection to it is that it bears sway now, but in regard to the Empire of Media and Greece I might think that what is past is past.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore dating by it would cause no jealousy on the part of the Government. ');">¹⁸</span> And if I had been told the empires of Media and Greece, I might have thought that the objection is that they were once empires, but as regards the building of the Temple, what is past is past. And if I had been told the building of the Temple, I might have thought that the objection is because they might say that the Jews are recalling their former glory, but this does not apply to the mention of the destruction of the Temple, which recalls their sorrow.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the eras mentioned in this passage v. A.Z. (Sonc. ed.) p. 42, n. 7, and p. 47, n. 2. ');">¹⁹</span> Hence all were necessary. IF BEING IN THE EAST THE WRITER DATED IT FROM THE WEST. Who is referred to? Is it the husband? Then this is the same as IF HIS NAME OR HER NAME OR THE NAME OF HIS TOWN OR OF HER TOWN WAS WRONGLY GIVEN! It must be then the scribe; and so Rab said to his scribe, and R. Huna also said to his scribe, When you are in Shili,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shili and Hini were two places within walking distance of each other. V. B.B. (Sonc. ed.) p. 753, n. 6. ');">²⁰</span> write 'at Shili', even though you were commissioned in Hini, and when you are in Hini, write 'at Hini', even though you were commissioned in Shili.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The local of the deed is the place where the deed is written and this must be entered in the deed, not the place where the transaction recorded took place. ');">²¹</span> Rab Judah said in the name of Samuel:

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