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About the Jewish Leap Month of Adar II

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Adar II (J)
EVENT CATEGORIES:
Jewish , Religion
Middle East/West Asia
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Begins: Mar 01, 2024
Ends: Apr 08, 2024
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The Hebrew calendar is a lunar-solar calendar that follows the cycles of the moon and the sun. The length of a lunar month is approximately 29.5 days, meaning a lunar year of 12 months is about 11 days shorter than a solar year of 365.25 days. To keep the Jewish holidays within their appropriate seasons, the Hebrew calendar adds an extra month called Adar II, or Adar Sheni, in leap years.

Adding an extra month to the Hebrew calendar dates back to biblical times when the Torah commanded the Hebrews to observe the festivals of Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot at specific times of the year, which were determined by the agricultural cycle. To ensure that these festivals always fell in their appropriate seasons, the Sanhedrin, or the faith's high court, declared leap year when necessary by adding an extra month of Adar, Adar II, following the traditional month of Adar, for clarity.

The addition of Adar II ensured that Passover, falling on the 15th of the Hebrew month of Nisan, always occurs in the spring.

Hebrew leap years occur seven times every 19-year cycle, in years 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 17, and 19, delivering 13 months in those years or "shanah me'uberet," which means a "pregnant year," versus the traditional twelve.

In summary, the Leap Year Month of Adar II was added to the Hebrew calendar to ensure that the holidays would occur in their appropriate seasons and to align the lunar calendar with the solar year.

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