Leap Year Q&A

By Yossi Lew

It seems that this year’s holiday of Passover was much later in the year than it was last year. What exactly happened to delay the holiday of Passover this year?

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When Do I Celebrate My birthday in a Leap Year?

By Eliezer Posner

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In a Jewish Leap Year, During Which Adar Do I Observe Yahrtzeit?

By Eliezer Posner

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How Does the Spring Equinox Relate to the Timing of Passover?

About the Jewish Leap Year

By Menachem Posner

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About the Jewish Calendar

Since Biblical times the months and years of the Jewish calendar have been established by the cycles of the moon and the sun. Torah law prescribes that the months follow closely the course of the moon, from its birth each month to the next New Moon.

The Jewish Leap Year