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ARISTEAN |
JEWISH |
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Jewish Event |
Jewish Calendar |
Aristean Calendar |
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Month |
Date |
Month |
Date |
Day |
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Rosh Hashana (New Year) |
Tishri |
1-2 |
October |
1-2 |
Mon-Tue |
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Fast of Gedaliah |
Tishri |
3 |
October |
3 |
Wed |
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Yom Kipuur (Day of
Atonement) |
Tishri |
10 |
October |
10 |
Wed |
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Sukkot (Tabernacles) |
Tishri |
15-21 |
October |
15-21 |
Mon-Sun |
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Shemini Atzeret (Eighth
Day of Solemn Assembly) |
Tishri |
22 |
October |
22 |
Mon |
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Simhat Torah (Rejoicing of
the Law) |
Tishri |
23 |
October |
23 |
Tue |
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Heshvan |
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November |
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Hanukka (Festival of
Lights) begins |
Kislev |
25 |
December |
25 |
Tue |
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Hanukka ends |
Tevet |
2 or 3 |
January |
2 or 3 |
Tue or Wed |
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Fast |
Tevet |
10 |
January |
10 |
Wed |
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New Year for Trees
(Mishna) |
Shevat |
15 |
February |
15 |
Thu |
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Fast of Esther |
Adar |
13 |
March |
13 |
Thu |
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Purim (Lots) |
Adar |
14-15 |
March |
14-15 |
Fri-Sat |
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Pesah (Passover) |
Nisan |
15-22 |
April |
15-22 |
Mon-Mon |
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Israel Independence Day |
Iyyar |
5 (14) |
May |
5 (14) |
Mon (Wed) |
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Shavuot (Feast of Weeks
[Pentecost]) |
Sivan |
6-7 |
June |
6-7 |
Thu-Fri |
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Fast (Mishna) |
Tammuz |
17 |
July |
17 |
Wed |
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(Mishna) |
Av |
9 |
August |
9 |
Fri |
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Elul |
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September |
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I am presenting the proposal
for the adoption of the Aristean calendar by the Jews. This is to replace the
present lunisolar Jewish calendar which they adopted from the Babylonians in
587 BC. Prior to that, they had been
using a lunar calendar since their departure from Egypt in 1250 BC. It marked off the number of years from that
exodus. Also, the 15th to
the 22nd of its first month was designated as the festival of Pesah
as commanded by God in the Torah. Since
a lunar year is 11 days shorter than a solar year, Pesah wandered through the
seasons. It was in 358/359 AD when the
patriarch Hillel II incorporated the religious lunar calendar into the civil
lunisolar calendar and fixed Pesah in the month of Nisan.
The above table shows the
dates in the Aristean calendar when the Jewish feasts occur. Please note that the months in both
calendars have a one-to-one correspondence.
Hence, the Jewish month of Tishri is in October; Heshvan, November;
Kislev, December; Tevet, January; Shevat, February; Adar, March; Nisan, April;
Iyyar, May; Sivan, June; Tammuz, July; Av, August; and Elul, September. The date in the Jewish calendar is the same
as in the Aristean calendar. For
instance, Sukkot is from Tishri 15-21.
In the Aristean calendar, it falls on the same date, i.e. October 15-21.
One thing that may have to
be decided by the Israelis is its Independence Day. It occurred on Iyyar 5 in 1948.
That year when the State of Israel was proclaimed, it was May 14 in the
Gregorian calendar.
One advantage for the Jews
adopting the Aristean calendar is that the day of the week when the feast falls
is the same year after year. Although
Pesah and Sukkot fall on the same dates and consequently, same days of the
week, every year, other feasts may have to be adjusted to give maximum benefit,
such as long weekends.
I am hoping that the Jews
will adopt the Aristean calendar primarily because it is from God as shown by
the signs God has manifested. These
signs may be read under the topic “Signs Behind God’s Calendar”.
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