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  • n  (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
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  • Palestinian Authority leaders not ready for peace
    This week was Tisha B'Av, the saddest day on the Jewish calendar. Tisha B'Av simply means the ninth day of the month of Av on the Hebrew calendar. On this day, the Babylonians destroyed King Solomon's temple in Jerusalem in 587 BCE and the Romans...
    July 21, 2013 - Portsmouth Herald

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