The Jews follow a lunar calendar to which is added a leap month often enough to keep it in step with the solar year.
Lunar calendar
YES,
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.
Lunar calendars and lunar months are used by various cultures and religions around the world to determine the timing of religious events, festivals, agricultural activities, and traditional ceremonies. Some examples of cultures that follow lunar calendars include the Islamic calendar used by Muslims, the Hebrew calendar used by Jewish communities, and the Chinese calendar used in China and other East Asian countries.
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.
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.
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It refers to the beginning of the new month (according the lunar/jewish calendar)
Because they follow the Lunar Calendar.
Hanukkah always starts on the 25th day of Kislev on the Jewish calendar. This date corresponds to sometime in December on the Gregorian calendar. The reason it varies is because the Jewish calendar is based on the lunar cycles and the Gregorian calendar is based on the solar cycles.