The Jewish Year

The Calendar for 1901
Jewish year 5561/2

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"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 Erev 15 Nisan Wednesday, April, 4, 1901
of Passover

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 Erev I Tishrei Friday, September 13, 1901
Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah 1 Tishrei Saturday, September 14, 1901

Erev Yom Kippur Erev 10 Tishrei Sunday, September 22, 1901