It's in Your Hands: 3 Tishrei, 5749 · September 14, 1988
The lunar year is eleven days shorter than the solar year. Therefore, every two or three years,
an additional month is added to the Jewish calendar, to bring the lunar and solar years back
into alignment.
| Topics: | Leap Year, The Jewish, Lubavitcher Rebbe, Calendar, The Jewish |
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