Lunar time

It was an eerie feeling as the orbit of the planets suddenly swung into reverse. The moon was no longer receiving and reflecting light; as though sucked inwards, radiance flowed from the moon to the sun...

On the essence of lunar time

The confluence of solar and lunar time in the 19-year Jewish calendar cycle

A desert decree revoked . . . a marriage ban lifted . . . 600 survivors go wife-hunting . . . roadblocks to Jerusalem removed . . . Betar dead buried . . . What is the connection between all of these events?

The first half of Tishrei is marked by solemnity, the second by elation; but the Chassidic masters explain that these are simply the "hidden" and "revealed" dimensions of the same elements

Purim, as everyone knows, falls in the month of Adar. Actually, according to the Kabbalists, it's the other way around: Adar rises in Purim...

What is so remarkable about moonlight? After all, it is only a weak reflection of the powerful sun...

Veteran or novice, whom do you choose? Let's say that you are the coach of a sports team and you have accomplished stars on your roster but they're approaching their sell-by date. Then you have some budding talents waiting on the sidelines to get a shot ...

Shortly before sundown on the 29th of Adar, G-d commanded Moses regarding the mitzvah of sanctifying the crescent new moon and establishing a lunar calendar. This is the first mitzvah the Jews were given as a nation. Moses had difficulty envisaging the ...

The Jewish calendar normally consists of twelve lunar months. A lunar month -- from the moment when the crescent new-moon appears until it disappears once again -- is roughly 29.5 days. Twelve lunar months equal 354 days; eleven days less than the solar ...