Rosh Chodesh Tevet

Rosh Chodesh Tevet 2020 / רֹאשׁ חודש טֵבֵת 5781 Rosh Chodesh Tevet (Beginning of new Hebrew month of Tevet) for Hebrew Year 5781 began on Tuesday, 15 December 2020 and ends at nightfall on Wednesday, 16 December 2020. Beginning of new Hebrew month of Tevet. Tevet is the 10th month of the Hebrew year. Corresponds to December or January…

Calendar Confusion

1Calendar ConfusionWritten by Todd D. BennettMarch 1, 2015 (Gregorian Date) The Scriptures tell us that “in the beginning” Elohim created the heavens and theearth. We then read about the creation of time known as a day, which then led to a sevenday period known as a week. Up to that point, both of these categories…

Separation of Easter computation from Jewish calendar

The feast of Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread, as Christians believe that the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus occurred at the time of those observances. As early as Pope Sixtus I, some Christians had set Easter to a Sunday in the lunar month of Nisan. To determine which lunar…