The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar, also based on lunar months, that begins with the first day of Rosh Hashanah. Here's when Easter and Passover are this year and why they fall "late" in ...

This would give a lunar year 354 days. But the solar aspect of the calendar forces the holiday of Pesach to be celebrated in spring. It is also called, חג האביב, the Holiday of Spring.

Easter's date is based on the lunar calendar. Easter is observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. Easter can be as early as March 22 or as late as April 25.

A lunar month is shorter than a solar one, at 29.5 days, so 12 lunar months only add up to about 354 days. “The rabbis who ultimately set the calendar knew if [they used] a truly lunar calendar ...

The rare timing reflects different calendars. While Christmas is a fixed date in the Gregorian calendar, Hanukkah follows the Jewish lunar calendar, beginning on the 25th of Kislev.

Christmas and Hanukkah will coincide on December 25, 2024, due to the differences between the solar-based Gregorian calendar and the lunar-based Hebrew calendar. This rare alignment occurs because ...

For three weeks starting with Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year observed Oct. 2-4 this year, the calendar has been marked by festive meals, celebrations, special prayers and family gatherings.

Christmas and Hanukkah will coincide on December 25, 2024, due to the differences between the solar-based Gregorian calendar and the lunar-based Hebrew calendar. This rare alignment occurs because ...