Talmud for Rosh Hashanah 47:17
מעובר איצטריכא ליה ס"ד אמינא הואיל וראוהו בית דין וכל ישראל איפרסמא ולא ליעברוה קמ"ל:
R'ELEAZAR B. ZADOK SAYS THAT IF IT IS NOT SEEN AT ITS PROPER TIME IT IS NOT SANCTIFIED. It has been taught: Polemo says: If seen at its time is is not sanctified,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since there is no need to impress its sanctity on the public.');"><sup>19</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Rosh Hashanah
“To its North or its South?” There are Tannaim who state, “to its North” his words are accepted. There are Tannaim who state, “to its South” his words are accepted. He who said, “to its North” his words are accepted, from Ṭevet to Tamuz; he who said, “to its South” his words are accepted, from Tamuz to Ṭevet91The Babli 24a makes the changeover at the equinoxes, not the solstices. Ptolemy’s solar and lunar tables make such general statements unnecessary..
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