Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Talmud for Rosh Hashanah 46:2

מאי גולה אמר רב יוסף זו פומבדיתא מאי כמדורת האש תנא כל אחד ואחד נוטל אבוקה בידו ועולה לראש גגו

It has been taught: R'Simeon B'Eleazar says: [Beacon fires were lit] also on Harim and Kayir and Geder and the neighbouring places'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [These places are likewise difficult to identify. For various attempts v. Horowitz loc. cit. Graetz, Geschichte p. 67, n. 1 emends on the basis of rsdu rhhfu ohrj rsdu ruufn hrv the Tosef. a.l. into the mountains of Macherus (in the south) and Gedera in the north. 'The neighbouring places' will include Tabor which is also mentioned in the Tosef.]');"><sup>3</sup></span> Some say that these places are between [those mentioned in the Mishnah].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And therefore in Palestine.');"><sup>4</sup></span> Others say that they are on the further side from the Land of Israel, and that one authority [the Mishnah] reckons the places on one side,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Perhaps those nearer to Jerusalem.');"><sup>5</sup></span>

Jerusalem Talmud Rosh Hashanah

HALAKHAH: Rebbi Joḥanan said, even the most error-prone person would not err in this matter, before the sun, after the sun75Whether the moon was seen closer to the earth than the sun or farther away.? It only is needed for its concavity; the concavity towards the sun, or the concavity away from the sun74As explained in the Halakhah, this refers to the concavity of the visible moon, which must point away from the sun.? Bar Qappara stated both: Before the sun or behind the sun, the concavity towards the sun or the concavity away from the sun? Rebbi Joḥanan said, it is written76Job 25:2. Babli 23b. Deut. rabba 5(12).: Rule and fear are with Him, Who makes peace in His heights. During the existence of the sun it never saw the defect of the moon.
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