Talmud for Rosh Hashanah 47:3
לא קשיא כאן בימות החמה כאן בימות הגשמים
the other of the rainy season.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The new moon always appears due west. Hence in the summer months when the sun sets in the north-west it is south of the sun, and similarly in the winter months north of the sun.');"><sup>4</sup></span> The Rabbis taught: If one<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Apparently this means here, one of a pair of witnesses.');"><sup>5</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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