The Jewish calendar system is very intricate but can be summed up with a few rules, said Rabbi Baruch Fogel, a Judaic studies lecturer at Touro University in Manhattan: "Each month is either 29 or ...

Hanukkah's start date on the Gregorian calendar varies year by year because the Jewish calendar is based on luni-solar calendar cycles. According to Chabad, months under the Hebrew calendar follow ...

The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar, also based on lunar months, that begins with the first day of Rosh Hashanah. Here's when Easter and Passover are this year and why they fall "late" in ...

It is about which month is the primary month of the Jewish calendar. Rabbi Eliezer says that the future Messianic redemption will occur in Tishrei, while Rabbi Yehoshua says it will occur during ...

Rosh Hashanah celebrates the Jewish New Year, which is different than the one that is celebrated on Jan. 1 every year. It's set using the Hebrew calendar , which is different than the calendar we ...

The Hebrew calendar marks time in much the same way as its Gregorian counterpart: 24 hours to a day, 7 days to a week, and 12 months to a year. However, the months on the Hebrew calendar are based ...

Hanukkah celebrations begin on the 25th day of the 9th month of Kislev in the Hebrew calendar. But. The Gregorian calendar, which is based on Earth's yearly progression around the Sun, ...

In the Gregorian calendar, it is always observed on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25. "Over a 500-year period (from 1600 to 2099 AD), Easter will most often be celebrated on either March 31 ...

Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New Year, began on evening Oct. 2 and last through the evening on Oct. 4 this year. Here's what to know about the holiday.

During Rosh Hashanah, Jewish people around the world ask God for forgiveness for mistakes they’ve made over the past year and remind themselves not to repeat those mistakes in the coming year.