[Avodah] How do Chazal calculate a king's reign?

[Zev Sero]

On 1/04/2011 4:48 PM, Micha Berger wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 01, 2011 at 02:17:30PM -0400, Zev Sero wrote:
> : Is it possible that Bavli kings counted their years from Tishri and
> : Persian ones from Nissan, or vice versa?
>
> RH 1:1 tells us to go with RZS's "visa versa": Rosh Chodesh Nissan is RH
> for our kings, Tishrei is for theirs.

Bavlim and Persians are both "theirs".  I'm suggesting that they didn't
have the same custom.




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