Talmud for Rosh Hashanah 47:18
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> דמות צורות לבנה היו לו לרבן גמליאל בטבלא ובכותל בעלייתו שבהן מראה את ההדיוטות ואומר הכזה ראית או כזה:
if seen out of its time it is sanctifi R'Eleazar B'Simeon says: in either case it is not sanctified, since it says, And ye shall sanctify the fiftiet year,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXV, 10.');"><sup>20</sup></span> which shows that you are to sanctify years, but are not to sanctify months.
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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