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Jewish CalendarIn the Jewish calendar Rosh Hodesh, the first day of each month, occurs when the first sliver of the moon becomes visible after a new moon.Because there are slightly more than 12 lunar months in a solar year, The months in a lunar calendar "drift" relative to the solar year. To account for this drift, Hillel II standardized the length of months and the addition of months into a 19-year cycle, so that the lunar calendar realigns with the solar year. The month of Adar II is added in the 3rd, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th, 17th and 19th years of each cycle. The months of the Jewish calendar are named Nissan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul, Tishri, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, and Adar II. Year numbers in the Jewish calendar represent the number of years since creation as calculated by adding up the ages of people in the Torah back to the time of creation. Links:
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