Reference for Rosh Hashanah 6:8

אמר ר' אבהו כורש מלך כשר היה לפיכך מנו לו כמלכי ישראל

Now if it is [as you say], then we should have here 'in the seventh month in the third year'! - R'Abbahu replied: Cyrus was a worthy king,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Hebrew word is kasher, which contains the same consonants as the name Koresh (Cyrus) .');">⁷</span> and therefore they reckoned his years like those of the kings of Israel.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., commenced them with Nisan.');">⁸</span> R'Joseph demurred strongly against this [last notion].

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