A: The Jewish custom is to use the Hebrew calendar, which expresses faith in God, the Creator of the world, and its months are those by which the holidays are determined. In modern times ...

But Jewish religious authorities have always recognized ... If Jews were to commemorate each and every national tragedy on its anniversary, the calendar ... While Biden’s scandalous pardons ...

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It comes from reaching out." Why is Hanukkah so late this year? The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles, and is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar which sets ...