Jewish calendar

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The lunisolar calendar used to mark the events of the Jewish year, dating the creation of the world at 3761 BC.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• A lunisolar calendar in use among Hebraic peoples, reckoning from the year 3761 b. c., the date traditionally given for the Creation.

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• proper noun religion, Jewish The annual calendar used in Judaism. It determines the Jewish holidays, which Torah portions to read, Yahrzeits, and which set of Psalms should be read each day.

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• noun (Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years