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- From: krulwich@zowie.ils.nwu.edu (Bruce Krulwich)
- Subject: Re: Length of years (was Re: ***MoJ: Proof 1: The Amazing Prophecy***)
- In-Reply-To: ucakrvb@ucl.ac.uk's message of 21 Jan 93 17:24:55 GMT
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 16:46:06 GMT
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- I wrote:
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- > >Sorry, but a 360 day year is contrary to Jewish law. the Torah says
- > >clearly that the three harvest holidays MUST be in their seasons, and
- > >specifically that Passover must be in a particular time period in the
- > >spring. This is why the Jewish year has ALWAYS had leap months added to
- > >lengthen certain years to keep in line with the seasons.
- > >
- > >If there was ever a strict 360 day calendar used for more than a few years,
- > >Passover would be in the winter, then the fall, etc. Over the course of
- > >483 years, Passover would cycle through the seasons 5 times! Definitely
- > >contrary to the Torah, and _never_ the practice in Judaism.
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- and ucakrvb@ucl.ac.uk (Vijay Bhuchar) replied:
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- > In the time of the exile, the Jews added an extra month too, whenever
- > necessary. The idea is that whilst God is using Jewish years for festivals
- > He is using 360 day years for his prophetic fulfilments . It's up to Him
- > and I wont argue with Him
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- I agree with you. It's up to Him, and He said that years must be set up such
- that Pesach is in the spring, and so leap months must be added. This was done
- in the times of the Temples as well as in the diaspora.
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- Now, I've given Biblical support for the fact that years cannot be simply 360
- days long according to the Torah, and historical support for the fact that
- leap months were always added. Do you have any support for this fantasy that
- G-d means something different "whilst" talking about prophesies?
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- > Still waiting for sensible refutations.
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- Still waiting for a sensible proof.
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- Dov (Bruce) Krulwich
- krulwich@ils.nwu.edu
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