Posts Tagged ‘Hillel’

Discovering the Jewish Calendar

In 358 CE (Common Era), Hillel II instituted a Jewish calendar and leap year. The result was that Jewish could be celebrated on the same day every year. Thanks to him, Jewish holiday dates are the same every year.
A Jewish calendar has months that have 29 or 30 days and the years can either be [...]

Interesting Dates In The Jewish Calendar

It was Hillel II who created a standarised Jewish calendar and leap year. It meant that holidays could be celebrated on the same date every year for Jews.
The Jewish calendar month has either 29 or 30 days, and a year will comprise twelve or thirteen months.The reason behind this is to be in sync with [...]