


When to add it was based on observation of natural agriculture-related events in Israel.
Babylonian cuneiform records actually attest to Jehoiachin and his family receiving food rations from the government.
I Chronicles likewise lists several generations of his descendants (either 9 or 15 generations, depending on the precise interpretation of the verses), which would have extended well into the Second Temple era.
, Ha-Luah ha-Ivri) is a lunisolar calendar used today predominantly for Jewish religious observances.
It determines the dates for Jewish holidays and the appropriate public reading of Torah portions, yahrzeits (dates to commemorate the death of a relative), and daily Psalm readings, among many ceremonial uses.
Left-to-right readers will prefer the table with left-to-right ordering.
Right-to-left readers will prefer the table with right-to-left ordering. The number values do not change with writing direction.
Through the Amoraic period (200–500 CE) and into the Geonic period, this system was gradually displaced by the mathematical rules used today.
The principles and rules were fully codified by Maimonides in the Mishneh Torah in the 12th century.
However, religious or biblical text, and calendars in Hebrew will use the traditional form which uses Hebrew letters as numeric values. The number values for each character are shown in the table below. This is the system used by Hillel II in the fourth century A.
Each letter in the Hebrew alphabet (or aleph-bet) has a numerical value. D., when he prescribed the rules for the Hebrew calendar system.