What does the moon and the equinox have to do with Easter and Passover? The Jewish calendar is a lunisolar calendar based on ...

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In case of abuse, Report this post. The question is often asked as to whether the Jewish calendar is lunar or solar. The correct answer is that it is both. The individual months are determined by ...

Passover is coming up, and so the Jewish holiday is top of mind. You might be wondering why, and how the holiday of Passover, ...

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.