In 2024, the holiday begins two and a half weeks later than it did in 2023, a week later than in 2022 and nearly a month later than in 2021: Here's why.
The holiday seems to change dates every year since it's actually based on the Hebrew calendar, which is a lunisolar calendar. The Jewish calendar is synced to the moon, so the first day of the month ...
such as the Islamic or Hebrew calendars, months were reckoned with the new moon at the beginning. In Islamic calendars the month begins when the first, thin crescent moon, called a hillal ...
"Each month is either 29 or 30 days and begins around the time of the new moon," he said. To ensure that the Jewish holidays align with their traditional seasons on the Gregorian calendar ...