אדר הסמוך לניסן לעולם חסר הילכך קביע ליה זמן בכ"ט באדר
ON THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF AB etc. Ben 'Azzai follows the opinion he expresses when he Says: THOSE BORN IN ELUL ARE TITHED BY THEMSELVES.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' We cannot tithe those born in Elul for those born in Ab, in case the first of Elul is the New Year for the tithing of animals and we should thus be tithing the new for the old. We cannot also tithe the animals born in Tishri for those born in Elul, in case the first of Tishri is the New Year for tithing purposes. Since therefore there is a doubt whether the first of Elul or the first of Tishri is the New Year for tithing, those born in Elul are tithed amongst themselves. And for this reason the tithing Period of those born in summer is not fixed for the twenty-ninth of Elul i.e., the Peras of Tabernacles, so as not to combine the animals born in Ab with those born in Elul, which would be tithing the new for the old. On the other hand, we do not fix the period earlier than the twenty-ninth of Ab because we must defer the period of tithing to as near to the Festival as possible.');"><sup>14</sup></span>
Tosefta Shekalim (Lieberman)
What does it mean "half [פרס]" before Passover and "half [פרס]" before Pentecost and "half [פרס]" before of Tabernacles? R. Yose the son of R. Yehuda says: Not less than fifteen days before the [relevant] pilgrimage festival. And why is it written on the baskets [which contain the shekels in the temple] "Alef, Beit, Gimel"? They write "Alef, Beit, Gimel" on it, because they started with the first and bring out of it. When the first was empty, you bring out from the second. When the second was empty, you bring out from the third. When all three were empty, and the time came to separate the [next] appropriation, one gives from the new, but if not, from the old one.
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Tosefta Megillah
[If] the portion of the Shekalim fell [as part of the normal cycle] next to Adar, either before it or after it, we read it [at its normal time] and then we read it a second time [for purposes of Purim], and so two for the second [portion], and so too for the third, and so too for the fourth. And so too for Chanukah (בחנוכה not בפורים). They ask about the halachot of Passover on Passover, and the halachot of Shevuot on Shevuot, and the halachot of Sukkot on Sukkot. In the study hall they ask about the halachot of Passover thirty days before Passover. Rabban Shimon ben Gamaliel says, two weeks.
