Assertion: leap year's month | /r/HasProperty | determined by the sighting of a new crescent
Facets:
value: with two eyewitnesses
type: OTHER
value: in the maccabean
type: LOCATION
value: according to the mishnah
type: OTHER
value: in herodian
type: TEMPORAL
value: in mishnaic periods
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: According to the Mishnah and Tosefta, in the Maccabean, Herodian, and Mishnaic periods, new months were determined by the sighting of a new crescent, with two eyewitnesses required to testify to the Sanhedrin to having seen the new lunar crescent at sunset.