![]() ![]() This happens to be year number 5760, and in a while you will also know how one tells by that number if it is a leap year or not. The month is followed by "Adar Beth" or "Ve-Adar" ("and-Adar"), the second Adar, an extra month added now and then. ![]() ![]() In the Jewish calendar, today is the 6th day of the month of Adar-and in this year, that is the "first Adar" or "Adar Aleph", because this is a leap year. Signs of the zodiac surround the central chariot of the Sun (a Greek motif), while the corners depict the 4 "turning points" ("tekufot") of the year, solstices and equinoxes, each named for the month in which it occurs-tekufah of Tishrey, (tekufah of Tevet), tekufah of Ni(san), tekufah of Tamuz Mosaic pavement of a 6th century synagogue at Beit Alpha, Israel. (6a) The Jewish Calendar Optional Material (Based on a talk given in Greenbelt, Maryland, 12 February 2000) ![]()
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