The Jews follow a lunar calendar to which is added a leap month often enough to keep it in step with the solar year.
No. Jewish people follow the western calendar (which is solar) for secular events, and the Jewish calendar (which is lunisolar) for Jewish events.
There is an 11-day difference, which is realigned by the periodically added leap-month, so that over the long term the two do coincide.
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Lunar calendar
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The name of the eighth lunar month will depend on which lunar calendar is being used as it is different in each one. For example the eighth lunar month in the Hindi calendar is Kartika and the eighth lunar month in the Jewish lunar calendar is Cheshvan.
The Hebrew calendar is a lunar and solar calendar, meaning its months follow the moon's cycle around the world, whereas the secular calendar is only a solar calendar which follows the sun.
The Jewish calendar consists of twelve lunar months. It also keeps in step with the solar year, by adding a thirteenth lunar leap-month seven times every nineteen years. The Gregorian calendar, which sticks to the solar year, ignores the lunar months and does not attempt to keep in step with them.
The Jewish calendar consists of twelve lunar months. It also keeps in step with the solar year, by adding a thirteenth lunar leap-month seven times every nineteen years. The Gregorian calendar, which sticks to the solar year, ignores the lunar months and does not attempt to keep in step with them.
It is not known who invented the lunar calendar. However, the ancient Chinese are among the first people who begin using a lunar calendar.
The Jewish calendar consists of twelve lunar months. It also keeps in step with the solar year, by adding a thirteenth lunar leap-month seven times every nineteen years. The Gregorian calendar, which sticks to the solar year, ignores the lunar months and does not attempt to keep in step with them.
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It refers to the beginning of the new month (according the lunar/jewish calendar)
Because they follow the Lunar Calendar.