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The Jewish Calendar for 1901
Jewish Year 5561/2

1901 Blum Household  |  About the Blum Family  |  About the House  |  Jewish Calendar  |  The Year 1901

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History of the Jewish Calendar


"The Jewish calendar, unlike the civil Gregorian calendar, is based both on the cycles of the moon as well as the sun - the months correspond to cycles of the moon and the years correspond to cycles of the sun.  Since a lunar month has about 29 and a half days, Jewish months always have either 29 or 30 days.  The problem is that 12 lunar months is 11 days short of the 365-day solar year.

"In the fourth century, Rabbi Hillel II instituted a mathematical system of rectifying the lunar and solar years which is still used today:  The years are divided into 19-year cycles, seven of which are leap years that have 13 months instead of 12".  On leap years the month Adar is followed by the month Adar 2. (Falcon & Blatner 2001:371)

Holiday Jewish Month & Day Corresponding Month & Day
Tu B’Shevat 15 Sh’vat Monday, February 4, 1901
Purim 14 Adar Tuesday, March 5, 1901
First night of Passover Erev 15 Nisan Wednesday, April, 4, 1901
Passover 15 Nisan Thursday, April 4, 1901
Lag BaOmer 18 Iyar Wednesday, April 24, 1901
Shavout 6 Sivan Friday, May 24, 1901
Tisha B’Av 9 Av Thursday, July 25, 1901
Selichot Erev 24 Elul Saturday, September 7, 1901
Erev Rosh Hashanah Erev I Tishrei Friday, September 13, 1901
Rosh Hashanah 1 Tishrei Saturday, September 14, 1901
Erev Yom Kippur Erev 10 Tishrei Sunday, September 22, 1901
Yom Kippur 10 Tishrei Monday, September 23, 1901
Erev Sukkot Erev 15 Tishrei Friday, September 27, 1901
Sukkot 15 Tishrei Saturday, September 28, 1901
Simchat Torah 22 Tishrei Saturday, October 5, 1901
First night of Chanukah Erev 25 Kislev Thursday, December 5, 1901
Chanukah 25 Kislev Friday, December 6, 1901




References Cited

2001 Falcon, Rabbi Ted and Blatner, David Judaism for Dummies. Hungry Minds, Inc, NY, NY.

For details on Jewish holidays visit http://www.virtualjerusalem.com/judaism/holidays/


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