How Long to Read The Jewish Calendar

How Long Does it Take to Read The Jewish Calendar?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 4 minutes to read The Jewish Calendar by Fred Reiss

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The story of the Jewish calendar, which begins with the Exodus from Egypt, is more than thirty-five hundred years old. Over the millennia, the twelve individual Jewish tribes coalesced into the nation of Israel, adopting, adapting, and ultimately developing their own religious calendar, which has withstood the vagaries of the ages. At one time an observational calendar based on the visual sighting of the New Moon, the Jewish calendar is now a sophisticated calculated calendar based on average lunation time, while remaining true to its ancient past. A small council of rabbis guarded the secret instructions for constructing the calendar, until the mid-fourth century CE when, due to repressive acts and ultimate dissolution of the Jewish Court by Roman emperors, Hillel II, President of the Jewish Court in Babylonia, revealed those rules, so that Jews are able to construct their religious calendar. Today, those rules and how to apply them are, in general, neither well known, nor well understood. In The Jewish Calendar: History and Inner Workings, author and award-winning teacher Fred Reiss leads the reader through the history of the Jewish calendar and presents each of the rules, why they were developed, and what they mean. Using simple arithmetic, Reiss teaches how to apply those rules to make a Jewish calendar for any year, past, present, or future. In addition, he shows the associations and linkages among the calendar's various parts. The Jewish Calendar: History and Inner Workings answers such questions as: What is the definition of lunation time? Why have the rabbis condensed seven days into four days? Why is the High Holy Day of Rosh Hashanah often postponed? The civil calendar is either 365 or 366-days long, why does the Jewish calendar have six different year lengths? The Julian calendar repeats every twenty-eight years, the Gregorian calendar every four hundred years, why does it take 689,472 years for the Jewish calendar to repeat? All calendars have errors, what are the Jewish calendar's errors and what do they affect? Are there any ways to mitigate the errors? What are the steps for constructing a Jewish calendar? Each chapter ends with a review and a set of exercises, the answers to which are provided. The Jewish Calendar: History and Inner Workings reveals the structure, content, and interconnections within the calculated Jewish calendar in a format for the casual reader, or as a textbook for self-instruction. It is a valuable resource for understanding the complexity of the Jewish calendar.

How long is The Jewish Calendar?

The Jewish Calendar by Fred Reiss is 302 pages long, and a total of 76,104 words.

This makes it 102% the length of the average book. It also has 93% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Jewish Calendar Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 55 minutes to read The Jewish Calendar aloud.

What Reading Level is The Jewish Calendar?

The Jewish Calendar is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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