5779 New Year

On April 5, 2019 0 Comments - From the President

5779 NEW YEAR, or is it 6024?

When do you believe the New Year starts? The rabbinical calendar (or should I say secular) starts in the Fall at Tishri 1. Yet, the Biblical calendar says Abiyb (now called Nissan) is the first of the months of the year.

Ask which is the true New Year Day? And when do we start the New Year? Are we in 5779? Did we go wrong on the years too? By my calculations we should be in the year 6023. Research it all out and ask yourself what the true NEW YEAR is.

Spring is the time of rebirth. It makes sense that YaHVaH would choose the Springtime as the beginning of the Year. So why did the Rabbis change it to the fall? Abiyb, the Biblical New Year is in the Spring. Fri, 05 April 2019 at sundown (1st of Nisan, 5779). The first six months of the Jewish calendar are Nissan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av and Elul. The final six months of the Jewish calendar are Tishri, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat and Adar. On leap years, a thirteenth month is added to the end of the Jewish year. If this true, then why do we see the calendar listed as below:

Jewish Calendar 5779 Diaspora

September 2018

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9 29th of Elul, 5778 Erev Rosh Hashana	10 1st of Tishrei, 5779 Rosh Hashana 5779	11 2nd of Tishrei, 5779 Rosh Hashana II	12 3rd of Tishrei, 5779	13 4th of Tishrei, 5779	14 5th of Tishrei, 5779	15 6th of Tishrei, 5779
16 7th of Tishrei, 5779	17 8th of Tishrei, 5779	18 9th of Tishrei, 5779 Erev Yom Kippur	19 10th of Tishrei, 5779 Yom Kippur	20 11th of Tishrei, 5779	21 12th of Tishrei, 5779	22 13th of Tishrei, 5779
2314th of Tishrei, 5779 Erev Sukkot	2415th of Tishrei, 5779 Sukkot I	2516th of Tishrei, 5779 Sukkot II	2617th of Tishrei, 5779 Sukkot III (CH”M)	2718th of Tishrei, 5779 Sukkot IV (CH”M)	2819th of Tishrei, 5779 Sukkot V (CH”M)	2920th of Tishrei, 5779 Sukkot VI (CH”M)
3021st of Tishrei, 5779 Sukkot VII (Hoshana Raba)

Notice how the Calendar for 5779 is started on 1st of Tishrei? But why, if this is the 7th month? So, should the New Year 5779 begin on Tishrei or Abiyb? And, should we be in 5780 instead of 5779?

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