Jewish calendar

Speech parts

1. Jewish calendar - Noun

2. Jewish calendar - Proper noun

Meaning

(Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years

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Synonyms

Hebrew calendar lunar calendar hebrew biblical calendar jewish religious calendar sacred calendar traditional jewish calendar hebrew sacred calendar jewish biblical calendar jewish holy calendar jewish sacred calendar religious calendar biblical calendar hebrew religious calendar jewish traditional calendar judaic calendar

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Hypernyms

lunisolar calendar

Related terms

nisan sivan elul adar tammuz Kislev

Examples

According to Jewish tradition, the Jewish calendar is calculated based on mathematical rules handed down from God to Moses at the moment the command was given to make sure that Passover always falls in the springtime. Source: Internet

At the end of March, Jewish families in Greater Portland were just beginning to confront the new 2020 Passover reality (or year 5778, according to the Jewish calendar). Source: Internet

In fact the Jewish calendar has a multiplicity of new years for different purposes. Source: Internet

By endorsing the move to independent computations, the Council had separated the Easter computation from all dependence, positive or negative, on the Jewish calendar. Source: Internet

In 2009, for example, Nisan 15 on the Jewish calendar used by Rabbinic Judaism corresponds to April 9. On the calendars used by Karaites and Samaritans, Abib or Aviv 15 (as opposed to 'Nisan') corresponds to April 11 in 2009. Source: Internet

Months in the Jewish calendar are lunar, and originally could only be proclaimed by the Sanhedrin based on the testimony of witnesses saying they saw the new crescent moon. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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