ז וְאַל תֹּאמַר שֶׁהַדָּבָר הַזֶּה דָּבָר שֶׁאֵינוֹ מָצוּי הוּא שֶׁלֹּא יֵרָאֶה הַיָּרֵחַ בְּכָל הַשָּׁנָה. אֶלָּא דָּבָר קָרוֹב הוּא הַרְבֵּה. וּפְעָמִים רַבּוֹת יֶאֱרַע זֶה וְכַיּוֹצֵא בּוֹ בַּמְּדִינוֹת שֶׁזְּמַן הַגְּשָׁמִים שָׁם אָרֹךְ וְהֶעָבִים רַבִּים. שֶׁאֵין אָנוּ אוֹמְרִין שֶׁלֹּא יֵרָאֶה הַיָּרֵחַ בְּכָל הַשָּׁנָה אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא יֵרָאֶה בִּתְחִלַּת הֶחֳדָשִׁים וְיֵרָאֶה אַחַר כָּךְ. וּפְעָמִים לֹא יֵרָאֶה מִפְּנֵי שֶׁאִי אֶפְשָׁר לוֹ שֶׁיֵּרָאֶה בָּהֶם וְחֳדָשִׁים שֶׁאֶפְשָׁר שֶׁיֵּרָאֶה בָּהֶם לֹא יֵרָאֶה מִפְּנֵי הֶעָבִים אוֹ מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהָיָה קָטָן בְּיוֹתֵר וְלֹא נִתְכַּוֵּן אָדָם לִרְאוֹתוֹ:
7 And do not say that this thing is not common, that the moon not be visible the whole year. Rather it is something very likely. As many times this, or that which is similar to it, happens in the provinces in which their winters are long and the clouds many. For we are not saying that the moon is not seen the whole year, but rather that it is not seen at the beginning of the month, but it is seen afterwards. And sometimes it is not seen because it is impossible to see it on [those times], and on the months that it is possible for one to see them, he does not see [it] because of the clouds or because it was very small and he did not focus on it.