The Jewish calendar

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The Jewish calendar

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The Jewish calendar is based on the lunar cycle, with each month beginning with the sighting of the new moon. This means that months can have 29 or 30 days, and that the Jewish calendar does not align perfectly with the Gregorian calendar used in most of the world. However, the Jewish calendar does have leap years to keep it in sync with the solar cycle, adding an extra month to the calendar every two to three years. The Jewish calendar has twelve or thirteen months, not nineteen, and does not feature holidays based on the life and death of Jesus.

The Jewish Calendar