Talmud for Taanit 19:14

איבעיא להו יום ששים כלפני ששים או כלאחר ששים ת"ש רב אמר יום ששים כלאחר ששים ושמואל אמר יום ששים כלפני ששים

Rab said: The sixtieth day is counted with those that follow it; and Samuel said: With those that precede it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [R. Hananel and Aruch reverse the opinions of Rab and Samuel.]');">²³</span> R'Nahman said: The mnemonic for this is, the highlands need water, but the lowlands do not.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rab came from Palestine which is mountainous and so needed more rain, while Samuel came from Babylonia which was well irrigated and therefore needed less rain. [R. Hananel and Aruch (v. n. 6) : Samuel's place was Nehardea which was situated higher and consequently in greater need of rain at an earlier period than Sura, the place of Rab.]');">²⁴</span> R'Papa said: The halachah is that the sixtieth day is counted with those that follow it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And the words 'give dew and rain' are said earlier.');">²⁵</span>

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