Jewish calendar

Jewish calendar
Jewish calendar Jew"ish cal"en*dar A lunisolar calendar in use among Hebraic peoples, reckoning from the year 3761 b. c., the date traditionally given for the Creation.

Note: It received its present fixed form from Hillel II. about 360 a. d. The present names of the months, which are Babylonian-Assyrian in origin, replaced older ones, Abib, Bul, etc., at the time of the Babylonian Exile. Nineteen years constitute a lunar cycle, of which the 3d, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 19th years are leap years. The year 5663 [1902-3 a. d.] was the first year of the 299th lunar cycle. The common year is said to be defective, regular, or perfect (or abundant) according as it has 353, 354, or 355 days. The leap year has an intercalary month, and a total of 383 (defective), 384 (regular), or 385 (perfect, or abundant) days. The calendar is complicated by various rules providing for the harmonious arrangement of festivals, etc., so that no simple perpetual calendar can be constructed. The following table gives the months in order, with the number of days assigned to each. Only three months vary in length. They are: Heshvan, which has 30 days in perfect years; Kislev, which has 30 days in regular and perfect years; and Adar, which has 30 days in leap years. The ecclesiastical year commences with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri. The date of the first of Tishri, or the Jewish New Year, is also given for the Jewish years 5661-5696 (1900-1935 a. d.). From these tables it is possible to transform any Jewish date into Christian, or vice versa, for the years 1900-1935 a. d. Months of the Jewish Year. 1 Tishri . . . . . . 30 2 Heshvan . . . . . 29 (r. & d.) or 30 (p.) 3 Kislev . . . . . . 29 (d.) or 30 (r. & p.) 4 Tebet . . . . . . 29 5 Shebat . . . . . . 30 6 Adar . . . . . . . 29 or 30 (l.) -- Veadar . . . . . 29 (occuring only in leap years) 7 Nisan . . . . . . .30 8 Ivar . . . . . . ..29 9 Sivan . . . . . . .30 10 Tammux . . . . . . 29 11 Ab . . . . . . . . 30 12 Elul . . . . . . ..29 Jewish Year a. d. ----------------------------------------------------------- 5661 p. begins Sept. 24, 1900 5662 d.l. `` `` 14, 1901 5663 p. `` Oct. 2, 1902 5664 r. `` Sept. 22, 1903 5665 p.l. `` `` 10, 1904 5666 p. `` `` 30, 1905 5667 r. `` `` 20, 1906 5668 d.l. `` `` 6, 1907 5669 p. `` `` 26, 1908 5670 d.l. `` `` 16, 1909 5671 r. `` Oct. 4, 1910 5672 p. `` Sept. 23, 1911 5673 p.l. `` `` 12, 1912 5674 r. `` Oct. 2, 1913 5675 d. `` Sept. 21, 1914 5676 p.l. `` `` 9, 1915 5677 r. `` `` 28, 1916 5678 p. `` `` 17, 1917 5679 d.l. begins Sept. 7, 1918 5680 r. `` `` 25, 1919 5681 p.l. `` `` 13, 1920 5682 p. `` Oct. 3, 1921 5683 d. `` Sept. 23, 1922 5684 r.l. `` `` 11, 1923 5685 p. `` `` 29, 1924 5686 p. `` `` 19, 1925 5687 d.l. `` `` 9, 1926 5688 r. `` `` 27, 1927 5689 p.l. `` `` 15, 1928 5690 d. `` Oct. 5, 1929 5691 r. `` Sept. 23, 1930 5692 p.l. `` `` 12, 1931 5693 p. `` Oct. 1, 1932 5694 r. `` Sept. 23, 1933 5695 d.l. `` `` 10, 1934 5696 p. `` `` 28, 1935 d. = defective year; d.l. = defective leap year; p. = perfect year; p.l. = perfect leap year; r. = regular year; r.l. = regular leap year. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]


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