CHAT: Jewish calendar

Steg Belsky:

> Quick lesson in Jewish Calendar 101:
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> The calendar is built on a 19-year cycle.  7 of those years, #s 3, 6, 8,
> 11, 14, 17, and 19 (known by the acronym GV"Hh 2DZ"Tt, pronounced [guaH
> adzat]) are leapyears, with the extra month Adar Rishon (Adar I).  Notice
> that the "real" Adar is Adar Sheini (Adar II), as can be seen from the
> fact that the holidays that fall out in Adar are celebrated in Adar 2 in
> a leap year.
>
> So, the only difference between the "back in the day" calendar and the
> current calendar is that today all the intercalations are done set and
> mathematically instead of by witnesses' testimony.
Many thanks for the detail, Steg. Would I be correct in thinking that the
two methods might occasionally result in slightly different leap years?

James

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