Talmud for Rosh Hashanah 47:11
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> ראש ב"ד וכו': מנהני מילי א"ר חייא בר גמדא א"ר יוסי בן שאול אמר רבי אמר קרא (ויקרא כג, מד) וידבר משה את מועדי ה' מכאן שראש ב"ד אומר מקודש:
<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>THE HEAD OF THE BETH DIN SAYS, SANCTIFIED', AND ALL THE PEOPLE REPEAT AFTER HIM, SANCTIFIED, SANCTIFIED. WHETHER THE NEW MOON IS SEEN AT ITS PROPER TIME<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., on the thirtieth day.');"><sup>11</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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