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What I Can Confirm

The two teams had different dates. Jin first said how far he’d been able to verify his information.

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The two teams’ schedule cards showed different dates.
Story

At the local print room, Jin and Ara checked when the exhibition materials would be handed over.

The two teams’ schedule cards showed different dates.

Jin pointed to the card with the date he’d heard.
Jin

The other team told me it was this day. I didn’t see the official notice myself.

Jin pointed to the card with the date he’d heard.

They left both schedules alone for the moment.
Ara

Then let’s keep both cards here and ask the coordinator which day was confirmed.

They left both schedules alone for the moment.

Jin and Ara entered the same date on both schedules.
Story

The coordinator confirmed the date.

Jin and Ara entered the same date on both schedules.

A thought from the Talmud

Levi said that the other region was observing Yom Kippur that day. But he could not testify, he said, because he had not heard the court proclaim the new month himself.

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A lesson for today

Jin shared the date he’d heard from another team and added that he hadn’t seen the official notice. Both teams entered the same date once the coordinator confirmed it. When passing on news, we can say what we’ve checked ourselves as well as what we heard.

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A question to take with you

When I pass on news, do I distinguish what I checked myself from what someone told me?

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About the source and this adaptation

In the Babylonian Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 21a:2, Levi arrives in Babylonia on what is the eleventh of Tishrei there but the tenth, Yom Kippur, in the Land of Israel. The people of Babylonia ask him to testify to that date. Levi says he did not personally hear the court pronounce the new month sanctified. The wisdom line paraphrases the exchange. The teams’ print delivery date and Jin and Ara’s check are modern fiction created with AI assistance.

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