The reason the two don't always sync—and sometime coincidentally do—is based on the two different calendars. The Jewish calendar is based on the lunar cycle. The civil calendar in use around ...

This calendar included the dates of Sabbaths, holidays, and fast days, providing a Hebrew date for every day of the war.….The Jewish underground heard about this calendar and copied it ...

Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement and a holy day in the Jewish calendar, begins Friday. The sacred day will see Jewish people delve into introspection and seek forgiveness for wrongdoings ...

The 50-day time period gives the festival its Greek name, Pentecost, which is also the name for a holy day on the Christian calendar. Shavuot falls on the 6th of Sivan on the Jewish calendar, which ...

What does the moon and the equinox have to do with Easter and Passover? The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar based on lunar months that begins with the first day of Rosh Hashanah ...

That's because the date is based on the lunar calendar. Easter comes on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar ...

widely regarded as the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Also called the Day of Atonement, the holiday is an opportunity for to seek repentance and reconciliation with God. Related: Jewish High ...

The latter two take significant effort to produce. If you want to understand the complexities and dynamics of the Jewish calendar, the aptly named book The Jewish Calendar (Mosaica Press ...

Easter's date is based on the lunar calendar. Easter comes on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar based on lunar ...