Calendar- and almanac-making manuals were commonly used to calculate the solar and lunar Jewish calendar. In the fourth century CE, a fixed calendar was established based on astronomical and mathematical calculations. This calendar is still used, and is based on a 19-year cycle, which allows the lunar Jewish months to come into alignment with the solar Gregorian calendar. Two page excerpt from the manuscript Sefer ‘Evronot [Book of the Calendar]
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