Talmud for Rosh Hashanah 47:13
מקודש מקודש תרי זימני למה לי דכתיב מקראי קודש:
<big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>THE HEAD OF THE BETH DIN etc. What is the Scriptural warrant for this? - R'Hiyya B'Gamda said in the name of R'Jose B'Saul, who had it from Rabbi: The Scripture says, And Moses declared the appointed seasons of the Lord;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXIII, 44. o,ut');"><sup>13</sup></span> from this we learn that the head of the Beth din says, 'sanctified'.
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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