jewish calendar

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The annual calendar used in Judaism. It determines the Jewish holidays, which Torah portions to read, Yahrzeits, and which set of Psalms should be read each day
The lunisolar calendar used to mark the events of the Jewish year, dating the creation of the world at 3761 See table at calendar. or Hebrew calendar Religious and civil dating system based on both lunar and solar cycles. In the calendar used today, a day is counted from sunset to sunset, a week comprises 7 days, a month has 29 or 30 days, and a year has 12 lunar months plus approximately 11 days (or 353, 354, or 355 days). In order to bring the calendar in line with the annual solar cycle, a 13th month of 30 days is added in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th, and 19th years of a 19-year cycle. Therefore, a leap year may have from 383 to 385 days. The Jewish calendar in use today was popularly accepted around the 4th century AD and is based on Biblical calculations placing the creation in 3761 BC
lunar based calendar which is used in the Jewish religion to determine the dates of holidays and other important events
A lunisolar calendar in use among Hebraic peoples, reckoning from the year 3761 b
the date traditionally given for the Creation
(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

Related Terms

jewish calendar month
a month in the Jewish calendar
jewish calendar

    Hyphenation

    Jew·ish cal·en·dar

    Turkish pronunciation

    cuîş kälındır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈʤo͞oəsʜ ˈkaləndər/ /ˈʤuːɪʃ ˈkæləndɜr/
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