Yr-Old Cryptic Dead Sea Scrolls Reveal a Very Advanced 364-Day Solar Calendar Used by Ancient Priests A groundbreaking ...

Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the ancient Jewish Temple in ... so an extra month is added to the Jewish calendar every two to three years to keep the holidays within certain ...

(RNS) — Elul, the current and final month in the ancient Hebrew calendar, is a time of introspection, preparation and forgiveness as Jews prepare for the High Holidays: first the new year ...

Hanukkah's start date on the Gregorian calendar varies year by year because the Jewish calendar is based on luni-solar calendar cycles. According to Chabad, months under the Hebrew calendar follow ...

This Hanukkah, the ancient eight-day holiday commemorating ... Hanukkah falls on the 25 th day of the Hebrew calendar month of Kislev. The calendar itself, founded in the Bible, is based on ...

The Mishnah, a compendium of Jewish practice and law compiled about 2,000 years ago, offers four different New Year ...