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"This Month Shall Be For You..." – Jewish Dates

Rabbi Yaakov Medan
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The Torah commands that the days of the week are counted to lead up to Shabbat, and the months and years from the Exodus. Today this is uncommon; instead we refer to months by Persian and Babylonian names, and years by the creation of the earth. Perhaps the time has come to return to Jewish reference of months and years?