Biblical Calendar factoids:
The biblical calendar is a count from the new moon.
The days of the week are a count; day 1-shabbat
The days of the month are a count 1-29 or 30 days
The months of the year are a count until the next aviv is located ; 12-13 months
We count fourteen days to Passover
We count seven days for Unleavened
Shavuot is a 50 day count from Firstfruits in the week of Unleavened.
We count the 29-30 days of the 6th month and then we see the moon and celebrate Yom Teruah.
We count 10 to Yom Kippur.
We count 15 days to Sukkot and then seven days for Sukkot week, the eighth day is the Last Great day
The Sh’mita is a count of seven years
The Yovel is a count of 50 years.
The fifteenth day will not always land of a full moon. It will depend greatly on how much illumination there was on the new moon and how many days were in the old month (29 or 30) .
Some are saying that the feast of the 15th should contain a full moon. I just gave you a bunch of reasons why that’s not true. I’m sure there’s more reasons.
WE ARE TO COUNT. Nothing more, nothing less.Updated Sep 17, 2019, 5:57 AM