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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 1:3/אבן עזרא על דברים א׳:ג׳
אי״א כי באחד [באדר] (ס״א בשבט) מת משה ואמר כי התאבלו שלשים יום וישבו שם (שתי) [צ״ל שש] שבתות והראי' שלהם ויהי בעצם היום הזה כי ביום אחד קרא זה הספר אל כל ישראל ובו מת וזאת איננה ראיה כי בעצם היום הזה הוא על השיר' והנה כתוב אתה עובר היום את הירדן:
1Some say that Moses died on the first day of Shevat.31 Scripture states that Israel mourned thirty days (Deut. 34:8). They spent six Sabbaths there.32 refers to the day that Moses finished reviewing the Torah. If this was the case, then two Sabbaths remained from the end of the period of Moses’ mourning and the tenth of Nisan. Both of these opinions take issue with Rabbinic tradition, which believes that Moses died on the seventh of Adar. According to Weiser the opinions quoted and rejected by I.E. are those of the Karaites. It is worth noting that I.E. does not quote the Rabbinic opinion. They offer proof from that selfsame day (Deut. 32:48), i.e., that Moses read this book before all of Israel in one day and then died on that very day.33 refers to the day that Moses repeated the Torah to all of Israel. However, this is no proof, for that selfsame day refers to the song.34 (give ear) (Deut. 32:1-43). Look! Scripture states, thou art to pass over the Jordan this day (Deut. 9:1).35.
בבעשתי. פירשתיו בפרשת נשא:
2IN THE ELEVENTH MONTH. I have explained the meaning of ashte asar (eleven) in my comments on the Torah portion Nasso.36