Study Rosh Hashanah folio 10B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
is it not right that one day should count as a full year at the beginning of the year?
Rather, what opinion does it follow? If the baraita was not taught in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir, does it follow the opinion of R' Elazar, who holds that only 30 days are considered like a year? If so, then 30 days and another 30 days are required: 30 days for the planting to take root
And on this topic Rav Naḥman said that Rabba bar Avuh said: According to the statement of the one who says 30 days, this means that it requires 30 days for the planting to take root and another 30 days to count as a year. And according to the statement of the one who says 3 days, this means that it
Rather, it must be understood as follows: The baraita was actually taught in accordance with the opinion of R' Meir, and when it says 30 days, it is referring to the time needed for the planting to take root.
The Talmud raises a difficulty: If so, it requires 31 days; 30 days for the planting to take root and one more day to count as a year. The Talmud answers: This is theoretically correct, but he holds that the 30th day is counted for here and for there, i.e., it counts as both the 30th day for taking