Measures, weights, & moneys of all nations : and an analysis of the Christian, Hebrew, and Mahometan calendars / by W.S.B. Woolhouse.
- Wesley Stoker Barker Woolhouse
- Date:
- 1856
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Measures, weights, & moneys of all nations : and an analysis of the Christian, Hebrew, and Mahometan calendars / by W.S.B. Woolhouse. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![1* 176 MEASUilES OF TIME. The annexed table exhibits th6 principal fasts and festivals, and it is followed by a table of the dates, &c. of Jewish years up to the year 2072, and the completion of the 307th cycle. When the date of com- mencement and number of days contained in a year are known, the number of days contained in the several months are shown in the table, page I7I, and the construction of a detailed calendar for that year is obvious. ^Principal Days of the Jewish Calendar. Tebet 1 „ 10 Fast 1st of Tebet. Fast; Siege of Jerusalbm. Sebat 1 1 1st of Sebat. Adar 1 „ 13, or 11 if Tisri ll be Thursday J ” }^]Purim .. 15 ( 1st of Adar. Fast of Esther 1 In Ember Years f-p . {substitute Veadar, -to J -p,' and same days. (Second Day J ■' Veadar 1 | 1st of Veadar (if-Embolismic Year). Nisan 1 ” jp] Passover ». 16 1 1st of Nisau', j Passover. 1 Second Day. Yiar 1 | 1st of Yiar. Sivan 1 ” Sebuot ♦ > i ) 1st of Si van. / Pentecost. (Second Day. Tamuz 1 „ 17, or 18 if Tisri I') be Monday ( 1st of Tamuz. Fast; Taking of Jerusalem. Ab 1 „ .9, or 10 if Tisri 11 be Monday ( 1st of Ab. Fast; Destruction of the Temple. Elul 1 1 1st of Elul. Tisri 1 New Year .. 2 ,, 3, or 4 if Tisri 1 ,, be Thursday J ,, 10 Kipur ” { Tabernacle. >. 16 / „ 21 Hosana Raba :: 1st of Tisri (Yr .... begins). Second Day. Fast of Guedaliah. Fast of Expiation, f Feast of Tabernacles. (Second Day. Last day of the Festival. (Feast of the ,8th day. 'l Rejoicing of the Law. Hesvan 1 | 1st of Hesvan. Kislev 1 25 Hanuca 1st of Kislev. Dedication of the Temple. Tebet 1 &c. 1st of Tebet. SiC.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24859795_0184.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
