Talmud for Rosh Hashanah 49:8
א"ר יוחנן מ"ט דבי רבי דכתיב (תהלים קד, יט) עשה ירח למועדים שמש ידע מבואו שמש הוא דידע מבואו ירח לא ידע מבואו
R'Johanan said: What is the reason of the house of Rabbi?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rabbi was a descendent of Rabban Gamaliel.');"><sup>15</sup></span> Because it is written, Who appointest the moon for seasons, the sun knoweth his going down.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. CIV, 19.');"><sup>16</sup></span> It is the sun which knows its going down, but the moon does not know its going down.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., its speed varies.');"><sup>17</sup></span>
Jerusalem Talmud Rosh Hashanah
HALAKHAH: It is written1201S. 12:6., the Eternal Who made Moses and Aaron and Who brought up etc. 1211S. 12:11.Then the Eternal sent Yerubbaal, and Bedan, and Yephtah, and Samuel. Yerubbaal is Gideon122Jud. 6:32.. Bedan is Simson123The name Bedan appears again in 1Chr. 7:17, as name of a Gileadite. Since nothing is otherwise known of this person and he is not mentioned as a Judge, the word is not read as a proper name but as a statement, “in Dan”; referring to Simson, the only Judge of the tribe of Dan.. Yephtah is Yephtah the Gileadite. He combined the three most lightweight of the world124Gideon is suspected of introducing aspects of paganism into Jewish worship with his ephod, Simson is depicted as rather dumb, and Yephtah, judged by the standard of rabbinic law, showed his incompetence in the case of his daughter’s vow. with the three most powerful of the world, to teach you that the Courts of Gideon, and Yephtah, and Simson are of equal consideration as those of Moses, Aaron, and Samuel. Not only this but He mentioned the great ones on both sides and the little ones in the middle125Babli 25a..
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