About The Calendar

This can be explained during the period of the year when Daylight hours are equal to Nighttime hours. This marks the end of the year and the beginning of the new year. Please keep in mind, two times during the year daytime hours are equal to nighttime hours. One happens is the Spring and the other happens in the Fall. The Hebraic text in Sh’mote 13:3-4 (Exodus) calls our attention to the beginning of the year as Spring, Aviv.

In Beresheet (Genesis) Chapter 1, Moshe (Moses) never explains any inequality in the size of the great lights on the day of their creation. Therefore, we can reasonably assume that on the 4^th day of creation daytime hours were equal to nighttime hours. This is described as an “Equilux” not an “Equinox”. Systemic to its entomology, “Equilux” is drawn from the Latin term for equal (equi) and light (lux). The Equilux can be calculated when the sun appears above the horizon in the eastern sky and disappears below the horizon in the western sky. An Equinox is when the sun passes over the equator, straddling the northern and southern hemispheres.

The four seasons are explained in the book of Jubilees 6:25-27. It is very important to understand that the translation of the word “moon” in Jubilees 6:25 is not correct and should be read “months” like Badmidbar 10:10 (Numbers), and Badmidbar 28:11-15 (Numbers). The Hebrew word for month is “Chodesh”. The Hebrew word for moon is “Yeraeakh”. (See any interlinear reference material for Badmidbar 10:10 (Numbers), and Badmidbar 28:11-15. This text uses the form of the word Chodesh, “month” not moon.)  

The most widely accepted place to find the additional Hebrew writings can be, but not limited to, what is commonly known as the Apocrypha. Specifically, the Hebraic writings contained in the Apocrypha, have supplemental information and narratives that support the Masoretic text, or otherwise considered the Old Testament. The Masoretic text supports the use of “additional Hebraic Writings” by referencing them. Some examples how these external writings have been included in the Masoretic text includes the following:

• The Book of Yasher is mentioned in Y’hoshua 10:13 (Joshua) and 2 Sh’mu’el 1:18 (2 Samuel) 
• The Book of the Wars of the Lord is mentioned in Badmidbar 21:14 (Numbers).
• The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel and Chronicles of the Kings of Y’hudah are mentioned in 1 Kings 14:29. They are said to tell of events during the reigns of Kings Yeroboam of Israel and Rehoboam of Y’udah, respectively.
• The Chronicles/Annuls of the Kings of Israel is again mentioned in 1 Kings 16:20
• The Book of Shemaiah the Prophet and Story of the Prophet Iddo (also called the Visions of Iddo the Seer or The Annals of the Prophet Iddo) are mentioned in 2 Chronicles 9:29, 2 Chronicles 12:15, 2 Chronicles 13:22. This book has been completely lost to history, save for its title.
• The Manner of the Kingdom is mentioned in 1 Sh’mu’el 10:25 (1 Samuel)

Therefore, we have established that the Masoretic supports some Apocrypha books, upon further investigation. To calculate the Hebrew Calendar, external literary works like the Book of Enoch and the Book of Jubilees can be consulted. These 2 books provide information as to when the year ends, how many days are in each month, the number of weeks in each season, and how many days are in the year.