## Avodah Zarah Daf 9b

###### Avodah Zarah 9b:1
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״אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה עִיר״. וְאִי טָעֵי סָפְרָא — נְשַׁיְּילֵיהּ לְתַנָּא כַּמָּה קָתָנֵי, וְנִיבַצַּר מִינַּיְיהוּ אַרְבָּעִים וּשְׁמוֹנֶה, וּמַשְׁכַּח לֵיהּ לְחוּמְרֵיהּ, וְסִימָנָיךְ: סָפְרָא בְּצִירָא, תַּנָּא תּוֹסְפָאָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**“Forty-eight cities”** (Numbers 35:7). Similarly, **if a scribe forgot** the exact year, **let him ask the *tanna* how many** years does **he teach** have already been lost from the two thousand years that are designated for the days of the Messiah. **And he should deduct forty-eight** years **from** the number, correcting for the century, **and** in this manner **he** will **find his number. And your mnemonic** to remember that the *tanna* must add to the date of the scribe, while the scribe must deduct from the number of the *tanna*, is again: **A scribe deducts,** while **a *tanna* adds on [*tosfa’a*].**


###### Avodah Zarah 9b:2
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אָמַר רַב הוּנָא בְּרֵיהּ דְּרַב יְהוֹשֻׁעַ: הַאי מַאן דְּלָא יָדַע כַּמָּה שְׁנֵי בְּשָׁבוּעַ הוּא עוֹמֵד — נִיטַּפֵּי חַד שַׁתָּא, וְנִחְשׁוֹב כְּלָלֵי בְּיוֹבְלֵי, וּפְרָטֵי בְּשָׁבוּעֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, says:** In the case of **one who does not know which year of** the seven-year **Sabbatical** cycle **he stands** in, **he should add one year** to the years that have passed since the destruction of the Temple in order to begin at the start of a Sabbatical cycle. **And he should calculate the general** years, i.e., the centuries, **as Jubilee** cycles, as every Jubilee concludes seven completed Sabbatical cycles of forty-nine years, **and the details as Sabbatical** cycles, i.e., he should divide the remaining years into seven-year Sabbatical cycles.


###### Avodah Zarah 9b:3
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וְנִשְׁקֹל מִמֵּאָה תְּרֵי, וְנִשְׁדֵּי אַפְּרָטֵי, וְנַחְשׁוֹבִינְהוּ לִפְרָטֵי בְּשָׁבוּעֵי, וְיִדַּע כַּמָּה שְׁנֵי בְּשָׁבוּעַ, וְסִימָנָיךְ: ״כִּי זֶה שְׁנָתַיִם הָרָעָב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**But** as the Jubilee Year itself is counted as one year of a Sabbatical cycle, **he should take, from** every **hundred** years that passed, **two** years, **and add it to the details,** i.e., the remaining decades and single years. **And** then **he should calculate** with **the details** by dividing them **into Sabbatical** cycles. **And** from the remainder **he will know how many years in the** current **Sabbatical** cycle have passed. **And your mnemonic** that two years must be deducted from every century is the following verse: **“For these two years the famine has been in the land”** (Genesis 45:6).


###### Avodah Zarah 9b:4
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אָמַר רַבִּי חֲנִינָא: אַחַר אַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת לְחוּרְבַּן הַבַּיִת, אִם יֹאמַר לְךָ אָדָם: קַח שָׂדֶה שָׁוֶה אֶלֶף דִּינָרִים בְּדִינָר אֶחָד — לֹא תִּקַּח. בְּמַתְנִיתָא תָּנָא: אַחַר אַרְבַּעַת אֲלָפִים וּמָאתַיִם וּשְׁלֹשִׁים וְאַחַת שָׁנָה לִבְרִיאַת עוֹלָם, אִם יֹאמַר לְךָ אָדָם: קַח לָךְ שָׂדֶה שָׁוֶה אֶלֶף דִּינָרִים בְּדִינָר אֶחָד — אַל תִּקַּח. מַאי בֵּינַיְיהוּ? אִיכָּא בֵּינַיְיהוּ תְּלָת שְׁנִין, דְּמַתְנִיתָא טָפְיָא תְּלָת שְׁנֵי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabbi Ḥanina says: After** the year **400 from the destruction of the Temple, if a person says to you: Purchase a field** that is **worth one thousand dinars for one dinar, do not purchase** it. It is not a worthwhile investment, as the redemption will soon come and all fields will revert to their original owners. It **was taught in a *baraita*: After** the year **4,231 from the creation of the world, if a person says to you: Purchase a field** that is **worth one thousand dinars for one dinar, do not purchase** it. The Gemara asks: **What is** the difference **between** these two dates? The Gemara answers: There **is** a difference **between them** of **three years, as the *baraita* adds three years.** The year 400 from the destruction of the Temple corresponds to the year 4,228 from the creation of the world.


###### Avodah Zarah 9b:5
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הָהוּא שְׁטָרָא דַּהֲוָה כְּתִיב בֵּיהּ

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ The Gemara relates: There was **a certain** promissory **note in which was written**