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Jubilee is the year of liberty and land redistribution in the Hebrew Bible, following seven cycles of sabbatical years. Learn about its etymology, purpose, regulations, and historical and modern practices in Judaism and Israel.
Learn about the chronological discrepancy between the rabbinic and academic dating of the destruction of the First Temple and the Persian period. Find out how the traditional Jewish sources calculate the number of years between the Temples and the Persian rule.
Shmita is the seventh year of the seven-year agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah in the Land of Israel. It involves leaving the land fallow, remitting debts, and allowing the poor to eat from the harvest.
The Hebrew calendar is a lunisolar calendar used for Jewish religious observance and as an official calendar of Israel. It determines the dates of Jewish holidays and other rituals, such as yahrzeits and the schedule of public Torah readings.
Anno Mundi (AM) is a calendar era that counts years from the creation of the world according to the Hebrew Bible. Learn about its history, usage, and differences with other eras such as Seleucid and Byzantine.
The Masoretic Text is the basis of modern Jewish and Christian bibles. While difficulties with biblical texts make it impossible to reach sure conclusions, perhaps the most widely held hypothesis is that it embodies an overall scheme of 4,000 years (a "great year") taking the re-dedication of the Temple by the Maccabees in 164 BCE as its end-point. [4]
Seder Olam Rabbah is a Hebrew chronology of biblical events from creation to Alexander the Great, written by Jose ben Halafta in the 2nd century CE. It is used to determine the Jewish calendar and the era of the creation, and follows the Pharisaic interpretations of the Bible.
A list of holidays and fasts in the Hebrew calendar, with Gregorian dates and names. Includes the Three Pilgrimage Festivals, Hanukkah, Purim, and other observances.