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The Talmud asks further: But the New Year for the Jubilee depends upon a certain action, i.e., sounding the shofar, and nevertheless the tanna counts it. The Talmud answers: The Mishnah is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yishmael, son of R' Yoḥanan ben Beroka, who said that the Jubilee Year beg
The Talmud presents an alternative answer as to why the tanna did not include all the other New Years. Rav Ashi said: The tanna said that there are 4 New Years that fall on 4 New Moons. However, there are also other New Years that do not fall on New Moons.
The Talmud raises a question: Does Rav Ashi count the 1st of Shevat as one of the New Years; but the 1st of Shevat is a New Year only according to Beit Shammai, and by the time of Rav Ashi, the halakha was known to be in accordance with the opinion of Beit Hillel? The Talmud answers that this is wh
§ The Mishnah teaches that R' Elazar and R' Shimon say: The New Year for animal tithes is on the 1st of Tishrei. R' Yoḥanan said: And both of them, R' Meir and R' Elazar, expounded the same verse in different ways. As it is stated in the verse: “The flocks are clothed in the meadows, and the valle
R' Elazar and R' Shimon say: When are the flocks clothed in the meadows? At the time that the stalks of grain “shout for joy, and also sing.” When do the stalks break out in song, i.e., when are they full, so that they rustle in the wind and create the whispering sounds of song? It is in Nisan. Th