[Avodah] Dechiyot

[Zev Sero]

Simon Montagu wrote:
 
> http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1584/index.html#24.3 gives these answers:
> 
> 1. 39.0%
> 2. Lo Ido Rosh (42.9%)
> 3. Molad Zaken (14.3%)
> 
> After looking it up I realized that one could have deduced these
> percentages logically: Lo Ido Rosh is obviously going to kick in in 3
> years out of 7, and Molad Zaken in a quarter of the remaining years,
> i.e. 1 out of 7.

Only if you apply the ADU rule before Molad Zaken, and count a MZ only
when you haven't already applied ADU.  It makes more sense to me to
apply MZ first, and ADU last, because MZ often triggers ADU, and GTRD
*always* does.

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