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<DIV><SPAN class=673011014-06102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Frank, Carla,
Lance, Jeanene, et al</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=673011014-06102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Thank
you.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=673011014-06102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Frank, in
answer to your questions, our New Year is a very solemn time. Where I pray, the
services each day were from 7:15 until 2:30/3:00, with a short break around
10:30. Today and next Thursday (the Day of Atonement -- Yom Kippur on
Carla's calendar) are fast days. On Yom Kippur our services go from 7 to 7
with one short break. The joyous holiday starts on the night of Oct. 17
(Tabernacles?).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=673011014-06102005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=673011014-06102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Regarding the
Jewish calendar. It is lunar based with most years containing 12 months
which have either 29 or 30 days. In order to keep up with the seasons --
so that Passover is always in the spring --some years have an extra month.
Seven "leap" years every 19 years (and 2-4 extra 30 day months) keep
it perfectly in sync.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=673011014-06102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>19 * 365.25 =
6939.75</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=673011014-06102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>19*12*29.5 =
6726</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=673011014-06102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>7 * 21 =
210</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=673011014-06102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>6726 +210 =
6936</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=673011014-06102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Close
enough.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=673011014-06102005><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=673011014-06102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>That said, a
Jewish year is 353-355 days long. Leap years are 383-385 days long.
The year just ended had 383, the new year has
354.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=5>greenBubble</FONT> </DIV>
<P></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
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<DIV>Sorry I'm a day late GreenBubble, but, happy belated New year! Do
Jewish people celebrate new year's or is it more of a solemn time? How
long in days is a Jewish year? Frank<BR><BR><B><I>"Discussion of the Good,
Clean Funnies List" <gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net></I></B> wrote:
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<DIV><SPAN class=500360914-03102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>If there
are any other Jewish readers in our group, let me wish you a happy and healthy
new year, 5766, which starts tonight at sundown. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=500360914-03102005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>To all of
you, "see" you next year.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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