Hebrew Calendar (1994)
Today's Golden Oldie is a Dry Bones cartoon done 15 years ago for Sukkot in 1994. Back then folks were beginning to get excited about the dawn of a new century (on the civil calendar). In 1994, the holiday fell in August. This year it begins at the end of next week, on Friday evening October 2.
Labels: 1994, 20th Century, 21st Century, Holidays, New Year, Sukkot
8 Comments:
Better re-check your calendar!
New Year [or Sukkot] in August ...what wwere you thinking of? And 5770 has already begun, not next week. G'mar Chatima Tova!
OKAY!
1.Eliyahu: So I checked my calendar and in 1994 Sukkot was in September (when this Golden Oldie was drawn) and NOT in August.
2. Anonymous: Sukkot DOES begin next week. That's what I was thinking of.
3. Please forgive my fumbles as I'm frantically trying to get ready for my U.S. October Speaking Tour. You can check out the schedule by clicking here. Come on by and I'll apologize in person!
4. Hag Sameach, Hatima Tova, have an easy fast and a sweet New Year!
5. Love to you all.
Yaakov, can you call "rewrite" and fix it?
Yasher koach on all the great cartoons and we forgive you for any errors in the past or the future.
So will there be a Microsoft Y5.8K issue with Windows or should we go to Macs? OY!
I've always been puzzled by this "New Year in September" business.
Read the Torah - isn't the New Year supposed to start 2 weeks before Passover?
Ruth
You're correct, there are 4 New Years!
There's this one we just had, Rosh Hashannah which is the anniversary of creation.
The next one is Tu B'Shvat, in the winter, it's the New Year for the Trees.
The third is in the Spring, the first day of Nissan, just before Pesach.
And the last new year is the 1st of Elul, which is the new year for cattle, when the tithes were done before the holiday season began.
We have more than one new year, indeed, some say that we should treat every day as though it's a new year.
Sorry Stan
Rosh HaShana is not the "anniversary of creation".
It counts the years since the creation of Adam.
Shana Tova
G'Mar Hatima Tova
Love to You All
Bones
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