which is based on the solar year of 365 1/4 days (plus a few odd minutes), the Hebrew calendar retains its ancient lunar ...

Jewish holidays take place in the unique context of the Jewish calendar, which, though mainly lunar, is in fact a hybrid using aspects of both the solar and lunar calendars. In addition to the ...

The exact date varies each year as it's based on the lunar calendar, and marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year. Rosh ...

When does Hanukkah start? While Christmas is celebrated on Dec. 25 every year, the date for Hanukkah changes. Here's why.

This month of back-to-back holidays is called Tishrei on the Jewish lunar calendar. Rosh Hashana occurs on the first of the month, segueing into the 10 so-called Days of Awe leading up to Yom ...

The new moon occurs on Nov. 1, and three days later the moon will make a close pass to Venus in the evening sky.

On Wednesday night, on the Jewish (lunar) calendar, we will mark one year from the Simchas Torah (Oct. 7) massacre of the Jewish people. It is a morning that will remain forever etched in my mind.

The cruelty of this year’s Jewish-lunar calendar is maddening. Tonight, we welcome a New Jewish Year. In five short days, this community will gather together at the JCC to commemorate the first ...

December 3, 2024 Feast of St. Francis Xavier Christian/Catholic December 9, 2024 Feast of the Immaculate Conception Christian/Catholic ...

Today marks one year (on the Jewish/lunar calendar) since that fateful day, Oct. 7, 2023, when our sense of security and safety as Jews in Israel, the United States and around the world was shattered.

But with the holiday, which is determined by the Hebrew lunar calendar, occurring two weeks earlier, “it was really touch and go,” Kaminetsky said. The main complication was in obtaining the ...