> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 09:25:13 -0600 "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > > > It was my understanding that the Jewish calendar (which is > > lunar) > > added a > > > > thirteenth month every couple of years in a periodic fashion. > > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > > Fourteenth it should probably say (13*28=364). > - > > Naaaa, thirteenth. The Hebrew calendar works on 'true' lunar months of > 29.5 days, but since you can't really have half a day in one month and
The difference between a 'true' and non true lunar month being? (I like my year better, you would only have to 'add' a month every 23.5 years). > the other half in the other, it alternates 29 and 30 days. Back in the > day, the alternation was random, based on visual witnessing of the new > moon, but today the standardized calendar almost always goes > 30-29-30-29... well, maybe not always, i don't know the frequency but > there's a calendar called _lo ad"u rosh_ which means that the first day > of the year can't be a sunday, wednesday, or friday; so the 2nd and 3rd > months have variable lengths.
