![]() ![]() Dates since then are said to be in the Christian era. For example, Christendom counts time from the year in which Jesus Christ was supposed to have been born. ![]() Why does this difference exist? And how accurate is the Jewish calendar?Īny system of counting time must have a specific starting or reference point. Right away, we note that there is a difference of 3,760 years between the Jewish count of time and the Western, or Gregorian, calendar that is now in common use. That year is 5754 (Jewish calendar), and it runs from September 16, 1993, to September 5, 1994. By tradition the shofar, or ram’s-horn trumpet, was then sounded to proclaim the incoming of the new year. ACCORDING to the Jewish calendar, Thursday, September 16, 1993, was the festival day of Rosh Hashanah.
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