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Judaism /
Jewish calendar

Lunar calendar used in Judaism.
The calendar is consisting of 354 days a year, but has a leap month 7 times every 19 years, so that the count of years in the Jewish calendar more or less follows the Christian (Gregorian).
The Jewish era starts on what would be October 5, 3761 BCE, which is seen as the moment of creation. In 2002 the Jewish calendar had advanced to the year 5759.
The system of the Jewish calendar was established by rabbi Hillel in the 4th century CE.


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