[HN Gopher] Jewish Calendar Demystified (2007)
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       Jewish Calendar Demystified (2007)
        
       Author : nvr219
       Score  : 62 points
       Date   : 2022-10-07 20:46 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | LastTrain wrote:
       | Nothing demystifies a subject like putting it into quasi-biblical
       | verse.
        
       | otterley wrote:
       | (2007)
        
         | dang wrote:
         | Added above. Thanks!
        
         | aaronbrethorst wrote:
         | (5767 or 5768)
        
           | chabad360 wrote:
           | Hmm, considering that the Jewish New Year ended in the middle
           | of September that year, it actually is a question. I suppose
           | it depends on whether that journal was actually published
           | before or after Rosh Hashanah that year.
        
       | verbify wrote:
       | I was born on the 30th of Cheshvan which as he explains is one of
       | the days that doesn't show up every year (I guess is the
       | equivalent of February 29th). I've always wondered how many
       | birthdays I've had - does anyone know of a list of which years
       | are chasar/maalei?
       | 
       | The missing years are also interesting:
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       | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_years_(Jewish_calend...
        
       | h4n1 wrote:
       | The 19-year metonic cycle (of the Jewish and Chinese calendars)
       | has always struck me as clever but inconvenient - how do you
       | quickly calculate if we'll have an extra month in x years from
       | now? The Gregorian calendar's algorithm - every 4 years, except
       | if divisible by 100, except if also divisible by 400 - is both
       | clever and elegant.
        
         | lupire wrote:
         | All you have to do is learn astronomy. It's more civilized.
         | Lunar calendar = more technologically advanced society.
        
       | dotancohen wrote:
       | The relation to the bug in his code at the end was interesting.
       | It took the story in a direction that I was not expecting.
       | Honestly, reading through the first 95% of the fine article I was
       | wondering why this was posted to HN. The end was worth it.
        
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