A Popular Dictionary of Judaism
The Jewish calendar is calculated according to lunar months. The months are Nisan, Iyyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul, Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat and Adar and in leap years two months of Adar are celebrated. The calendar is calculated from the supposed *creation of the world in 3760 BCE.
Because the year 5000 began on 1st September in 1239, the current year can be calculated by deducting 1240 from the secular year and adding 5000 (eg. (1994− 1240=754)+5000=5754). For dates between September and December an additional year is added (eg. August 1994=5754; October 1994=5755). Rather than using the convention of BC and AD, *Jews tend to use BCE (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era).
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