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What is the significance of Rosh Hashanah in the Jewish calendar?
What is the significance of Rosh Hashanah in the Jewish calendar?
Rosh Hashanah is the start of the Jewish year, marking the creation of Adam and Eve.
What is the standard length of a Jewish year and why?
What is the standard length of a Jewish year and why?
A standard Jewish year has 354 days due to the lunar orbit, with six twenty-nine-day months and six thirty-day months.
Why are there variations in the length of the Jewish year?
Why are there variations in the length of the Jewish year?
Due to variations in the Jewish calendar, a year could also be 353 or 355 days.
What is the significance of Jewish Leap Years?
What is the significance of Jewish Leap Years?
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What is the purpose of inserting an extra (thirty-day) month into a year in the Jewish calendar?
What is the purpose of inserting an extra (thirty-day) month into a year in the Jewish calendar?
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What is the term for a year with an added thirteenth month in the Jewish calendar?
What is the term for a year with an added thirteenth month in the Jewish calendar?
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How often does the insertion of an extra month occur in the Jewish calendar?
How often does the insertion of an extra month occur in the Jewish calendar?
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What are the names of the two Adar months observed in leap years?
What are the names of the two Adar months observed in leap years?
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Who instituted the perpetual calendar in anticipation of the disbandment of the Sanhedrin?
Who instituted the perpetual calendar in anticipation of the disbandment of the Sanhedrin?
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How many leap years are there in a nineteen-year cycle according to Hillel's calendar?
How many leap years are there in a nineteen-year cycle according to Hillel's calendar?
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What is the primary factor considered by the Sanhedrin when deliberating whether to declare a leap year?
What is the primary factor considered by the Sanhedrin when deliberating whether to declare a leap year?
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In addition to the spring equinox, what other evidence of spring-like conditions did the Sanhedrin consider?
In addition to the spring equinox, what other evidence of spring-like conditions did the Sanhedrin consider?
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What is the purpose of adding a second month of Adar in the Jewish calendar?
What is the purpose of adding a second month of Adar in the Jewish calendar?
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How many months make up the total of the lunar year in the Jewish calendar?
How many months make up the total of the lunar year in the Jewish calendar?
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What is the length of the standard leap year in the Hebrew calendar according to the text?
What is the length of the standard leap year in the Hebrew calendar according to the text?
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