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This is a journey of learning, and will continue until our life here on Earth ends. Until then, we need to strive to better our understanding and of ourselves.

#Shabbat #Shalom!

Note 1: This is for those who follow the #Torah and the #Messiah. If you do, then a discourse is very much welcome, however, let's be respectful of each other. Saying that this and that is the only way is the fastest way to be ignored. We are not Mandalorians, rather, we should be #Bereans.

Note 2: This is a personal journey. Belief is a personal matter. We may differ in our interpretation of the #Scripture (or #Scriptures if you like the plural form), but let's not invalidate, or shut down, each other just because. We all want to learn, a true #Berean will take into consideration even things that goes against their current understanding in pursuit of finding out the #truth.

Note 3: We should not be afraid of hearing and changing our current understanding, or #dogma, not like what usually most churches are today. The Torah and the Messiah are all about a personal relationship. A personal journey. We walk with Torah written in our hearts, the way the Messiah did, and that is how we will grow. Not being stuck in some established dogma, just because that was what we were told, and it is #tradition.

In short: #BeABerean. ^_^

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The different Hebrew years:

* Judaism / modern Israel: 5783
- a Lunar calendar
- First day of new year: Day After Sliver of Light is literally spotted
- Happens in the fall, not spring
- a day begins in the evening (i.e. 18:00)

* World's Last Chance: 6010
- a Luni-solar Calendar
- First day of new year: Dawn After Conjunction after the Spring Equinox
- a day begins in the morning (i.e. 06:00)

* BibleFacts.org Zadokite DSS/Qumran Calendar: 5948
- a Solar Calendar
- First day of new year: Day After the Spring Equinox
- a day begins midnight (i.e. 00:00) based on modern Israel timezone

* The God Culture: 6896
- a Solar calendar
- based on Zadok Way's Zadokite Qumran Calendar
- First day of new year: Day After Spring Equinox
- a day begins in the morning (i.e. 06:00)

* Torah is Light: unknown
- a Solar calendar
- based on the Zadokite Qumran Calendar
- First day of new year: Day After Spring Equinox
- a day begins in the morning (i.e. 06:00)

* Zadok Way Zadokite Qumran calendar: unknown
- a Solar calendar
- based on the Zadokite Qumran Calendar
- First day of new year: Day After Spring Equinox
- a day begins in the morning (i.e. 06:00)

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There are others. However, these are the common denominators:

1. Based on the Zadokite DSS/Qumran Calendar (i.e. the calendar used by John the Baptist and his followers), which was based on Jubilees and Enoch.

a. There are only 12 months.
b. There are only 30 days each month.
c. Between the 3rd and 4th; 6th and 7th; 9th and 10th; 12th and 1st; months, there is an extra day. (Some refers to it as the 31st day of the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th month.)

-- Interesting tidbits about the extra day, which some calls the “31st day”:
--- Day between 12th and 1st months: Beginning of the Spring season (Spring Equinox)
--- Day between 3rd and 4th months: Beginning of Summer season
--- Day between 6th and 7th months: Beginning of Autumn season
--- Day between 9th and 10th months: Beginning of the Winter season

2. A day begins in the morning, at 06:00. Not at midnight, and not in the evening (18:00).

3. The first day of the new year is the Day After the Spring Equinox.

“Leap”, or intercalary methods:
a. Roughly every 6 years, a whole week should be added between the Spring Equinox and the First Day of the new year because the latter should always fall on the 4th day (some refers to as “Wednesday”).

b. There are other methods, but I still haven't fully understood them.

However, there is a method to avoid adding intercalary days at all. I recently discovered about this in a Zadokite DSS/Qumran Calendar group. Here's the gist:

=== The first day of the new year is the first sunrise after the Spring Equinox. ===

Meaning, if sunrise already occurred when the Spring Equinox happens, then the first day of the new year in your area happens the following day.

Example A:
Philippines
- Spring Equinox: March 21, 2023 04:00 (example time)
- Sunrise: March 21, 2023 06:00 (actual time)
- First day of the new year: March 21, 2023 if converted into Gregorian Calendar

Example B:
North America (Eastern Time)
- Spring Equinox: March 20, 2023 16:00 (example time)
- Next sunrise: March 21, 2023 06:00 (example time)
- First day of the new year: March 21, 2023 if converted into Gregorian Calendar

In the traditional method, the first day of the new year falls on March 22, 2023 06:00 if converted into Gregorian Calendar. Approximately every 6 years, one has to add a week of intercalary days to synchronise the calendar, as it will be behind by that many days.

This is a journey of learning, and will continue until our life here on Earth ends. Until then, we need to strive to better our understanding and of ourselves.

#Shabbat #Shalom!

Note 1: This is for those who follow the #Torah and the #Messiah. If you do, then a discourse is very much welcome, however, let's be respectful of each other. Saying that this and that is the only way is the fastest way to be ignored. We are not Mandalorians, rather, we should be #Bereans.

Note 2: This is a personal journey. Belief is a personal matter. We may differ in our interpretation of the #Scripture (or #Scriptures if you like the plural form), but let's not invalidate, or shut down, each other just because. We all want to learn, a true #Berean will take into consideration even things that goes against their current understanding in pursuit of finding out the #truth.

Note 3: We should not be afraid of hearing and changing our current understanding, or #dogma, not like what usually most churches are today. The Torah and the Messiah are all about a personal relationship. A personal journey. We walk with Torah written in our hearts, the way the Messiah did, and that is how we will grow. Not being stuck in some established dogma, just because that was what we were told, and it is #tradition.

In short: #BeABerean. ^_^

---

The different Hebrew years:

* Judaism / modern Israel: 5783
- a Lunar calendar
- First day of new year: Day After Sliver of Light is literally spotted
- Happens in the fall, not spring
- a day begins in the evening (i.e. 18:00)

* World's Last Chance: 6010
- a Luni-solar Calendar
- First day of new year: Dawn After Conjunction after the Spring Equinox
- a day begins in the morning (i.e. 06:00)

* BibleFacts.org Zadokite DSS/Qumran Calendar: 5948
- a Solar Calendar
- First day of new year: Day After the Spring Equinox
- a day begins midnight (i.e. 00:00) based on modern Israel timezone

* The God Culture: 6896
- a Solar calendar
- based on Zadok Way's Zadokite Qumran Calendar
- First day of new year: Day After Spring Equinox
- a day begins in the morning (i.e. 06:00)

* Torah is Light: unknown
- a Solar calendar
- based on the Zadokite Qumran Calendar
- First day of new year: Day After Spring Equinox
- a day begins in the morning (i.e. 06:00)

* Zadok Way Zadokite Qumran calendar: unknown
- a Solar calendar
- based on the Zadokite Qumran Calendar
- First day of new year: Day After Spring Equinox
- a day begins in the morning (i.e. 06:00)

---

There are others. However, these are the common denominators:

1. Based on the Zadokite DSS/Qumran Calendar (i.e. the calendar used by John the Baptist and his followers), which was based on Jubilees and Enoch.

a. There are only 12 months.
b. There are only 30 days each month.
c. Between the 3rd and 4th; 6th and 7th; 9th and 10th; 12th and 1st; months, there is an extra day. (Some refers to it as the 31st day of the 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 12th month.)

-- Interesting tidbits about the extra day, which some calls the “31st day”:
--- Day between 12th and 1st months: Beginning of the Spring season (Spring Equinox)
--- Day between 3rd and 4th months: Beginning of Summer season
--- Day between 6th and 7th months: Beginning of Autumn season
--- Day between 9th and 10th months: Beginning of the Winter season

2. A day begins in the morning, at 06:00. Not at midnight, and not in the evening (18:00).

3. The first day of the new year is the Day After the Spring Equinox.

“Leap”, or intercalary methods:
a. Roughly every 6 years, a whole week should be added between the Spring Equinox and the First Day of the new year because the latter should always fall on the 4th day (some refers to as “Wednesday”).

b. There are other methods, but I still haven't fully understood them.

However, there is a method to avoid adding intercalary days at all. I recently discovered about this in a Zadokite DSS/Qumran Calendar group. Here's the gist:

=== The first day of the new year is the first sunrise after the Spring Equinox. ===

Meaning, if sunrise already occurred when the Spring Equinox happens, then the first day of the new year in your area happens the following day.

Example A:
Philippines
- Spring Equinox: March 21, 2023 04:00 (example time)
- Sunrise: March 21, 2023 06:00 (actual time)
- First day of the new year: March 21, 2023 if converted into Gregorian Calendar

Example B:
North America (Eastern Time)
- Spring Equinox: March 20, 2023 16:00 (example time)
- Next sunrise: March 21, 2023 06:00 (example time)
- First day of the new year: March 21, 2023 if converted into Gregorian Calendar

In the traditional method, the first day of the new year falls on March 22, 2023 06:00 if converted into Gregorian Calendar. Approximately every 6 years, one has to add a week of intercalary days to synchronise the calendar, as it will be behind by that many days.