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Cairo Genizah : Calendrical

Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Calendar reckoning for years 1458–1461 of the Seleucid Era (= 1146-1147 to 1149-1150 CE) in the hand of Ḥalfon b. Manasseh. The years are dated according to the Era of Creation, the Seleucid Era and the Era of the Destruction of the Second Temple. The position of a year in the jubilee cycle, Sabbatical cycle and the 19-year cycle are also noted. For each year, the calendar specifies whether it is plain or intercalated and the length of the variable months Marḥešvan and Kislev, and gives the day of the week of beginnings of months, festivals and fasts and the day and time of the tequfot. </p>


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