Jewish Passover Holiday

0The holiday begins at sundown Saturday, April 19, and lasts for eight days, ending at nightfall on Sunday, April 27. (The Hebrew date is the 15th of Nissan, and, since the Hebrew calendar is a lunar calendar, there is always a full moon on the first night of Passover.)0-

0 khoff, thank you for your reply.02br
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00Does this holiday begin at a different day every year, according to the lunar calendar? 0-

0It always begins on the 15th of Nissan in the Hebrew calendar. But the date in the "regular" calendar can vary by about a month, anywhere from mid-March to mid-April. This is because the Hebrew calendar adds a whole month for leap years, which occur in seven out of every nineteen years. Passover usually happens to be pretty close to Easter, but this year Easter came "early" and Passover cam

0I just read the Wikipedia about the Hebrew calendar. Surprisingly, it is quite similar to the Chinese lunar calendar in that there are leap months instead of leap days. Both calendars have 7 leap months in 19 years. However, unlike the Hebrew calendar, which always have the leap month before the last month of the year, where the leap months are placed in the Chinese lunar calendar is a bit m

0Interesting -- I didn't realize the Chinese calendar was similar. I do remember once reading that Chinese young people often don't have any idea when their parents' birthdays are, because the parents celebrate according the traditional calendar and the young people don't pay much attention to it.02br
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00I believe the Muslim calendar is a lunar calendar but does not use

0Yes, I suppose so. Both Jewish and Chinese calendars are Lunisolar. The calendar was extremely important for the ancient Chinese because of agriculture. The calendar could tell them when to sow and when to harvest. Therefore, they must synchronize the lunar calendar with the solar calendar if the calendar can be of any use for agriculture.02br
00What you said is very true - many

0Pter -- are you Chinese? For some reason I thought you were Russian.02br
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00Anyway -- thanks for the information about the Chinese calendar -- it was interesting to learn how similar it is to the Jewish calendar.0-

0Yes, I am Chinese. A Chinese living in Hong Kong. I am thinking what makes you think I am Russian. Interesting. 0-