Rosh Hashanah in 2025 will begin at sundown on Monday, Sept. 22, and continue through nightfall on Wednesday, Sept. 24.

The Rebbe was not only a brilliant scholar, but he was also a leader who taught us to live with faith that reaches beyond reason. He reminded us that doing a mitzvah, even one we don’t fully ...

Muslims will soon welcome a new lunar year in what's known as the Hijri calendar. The Hijri New Year, beginning on the first ...

Hanukkah, known as the Festival of Lights, is based on the Jewish lunar calendar, which has months that follow the moon's cycles. A year in the Hebrew calendar is shorter, at about 354 days.

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.

The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar based on lunar months that begins with the first day of Rosh Hashanah, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department.

The Jewish calendar is also lunisolar, and the Jewish new year is celebrated often in the fall and will be held starting on September 22 this year. How Long Does the Lunar New Year Last?

Hanukkah starting on Christmas this year was the result of two calendars intersecting. Hanukkah is based on the Jewish lunar calendar, while Christmas relies on the solar calendar.

The simple answer is that the Jewish calendar is based on lunar cycles, and is not in sync with the Gregorian calendar which sets Christmas on Dec. 25. Hanukkah always begins on the 25th day of ...