Core Text
Core Textתַּנְיָא, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר: וְאֵד יַעֲלֶה מִן הָאָרֶץ וְהִשְׁקָה אֶת כָּל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאוֹתוֹ הַפֶּרֶק זְמַן רְבִיעָה הָיָה וְיָרְדוּ גְּשָׁמִים וְצָמְחוּ, וּמִכָּאן שֶׁבְּתִשְׁרֵי נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם.
English of Core Text: It was taught: Rabbi Eliezer says: “And a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground” — this teaches that that period was the season of the early rains, and rains fell and [plants] sprouted; and from here [we learn] that the world was created in Tishrei.