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in his second year he ascended to Eretz Yisrael and conquered Jehoiakim.
§ The Talmud continues its discussion of the baraita, which teaches: When the Temple was destroyed for the first time, that day was the 9th of Av; and it was the conclusion of Shabbat; and it was the year after a Sabbatical Year; and likewise, the same happened when the Second Temple was destroyed.
The Talmud asks: Can you find such a possibility, that the Second Temple was destroyed in the year after a Sabbatical Year? Now, for how many years did the Second Temple stand? It stood for 420 years. 400 years include exactly 8 Jubilees, as the Jubilee cycle is 50 years. An additional 14 years c
The Talmud answers: In accordance with whose opinion is this baraita stated? It is in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, who says that the 50th year is counted for here and for there, i.e., it is both the Jubilee Year and the 1st year of the next Sabbatical cycle and Jubilee cycle, and there
The Talmud objects: But if one explains the baraita in accordance with the opinion of R' Yehuda, the first clause of the baraita is problematic, as you do not find that the first time the Temple was destroyed was in the year after the Sabbatical Year. As it is taught in a baraita: The Jewish people