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The Modern Hebrew Calendar
Yeshua observed the Holy Days as set forth by the Parushim (Pharisees) and he taught his disciples to as well (Matthew 23:2,3). This leads to several questions. What happened to the Parushim after 70 C.E.? Was there a change made in how to determine holy days by blinded Israelites? Were there burdensome rules placed upon Yahweh’s true lunar/solar calendar after 70 C.E.? I believe there were changes made that were not authorized by Yahweh, Yeshua, or the Apostles.
The “Present Jewish Calendar” was introduced by Hillel ha-Nasi II in 358/59 C.E. This corresponds to the same time period in which many false doctrines arose among believers. After the death of the Apostles and the firstfruits of the Jews, the remaining Gentile converts, who were not as strong in the faith, yielded to many of these false doctrines. Any changes made in the determination of the calendar would have gone unopposed by true believers.
Proponents of the Hebrew calendar say it was passed down through Moses. If that is so, how did the Israelites back then reckon time so accurately as to be able to follow Postponement Rules #3 & 4?
Rule 3: “Any time the molad of Tishri occurs in a common year, on a Tuesday after 20 seconds past 3:11 A.M., the Feast of Trumpets is postponed to Wednesday – and, by rule 2, again postponed to Thursday.”
Rule 4: “When the molad of Tishri – in a common year immediately following an intercalary year – occurs on a Monday, on or after 43 1/3 seconds past 9:32 A.M., the Feast of Trumpets is postponed to a Tuesday.”
Did they have the means to determine seconds or minutes, or even more impossible, fractions of seconds? How could they possibly know when the molad (conjunction) of Tishri was if the moon is invisible for several days during the time of conjunction? Since they could not be that accurate in Moses’ day, that tells me that at least those two rules were added hundreds of years later when man became capable of such accuracy.
Assuming they did have the capability to measure time that accurately, The Mishnah proves the Jews were not keeping time according to the Hillel calendar. Keep in mind The Mishnah was written around 200 C.E. whereas the Hillel calendar was introduced in 358 C.E.
In Pesahim 7:10 B we read,
“[If] the sixteenth of Nisan coincides with the Sabbath, they are to be burned on the seventeenth.”
If the 16th of Nisan [Abib] = Sabbath then,
the 15th of Abib = Friday and,
the 14th of Abib (Passover) = Thursday.
Yet, what does the Hillel Hebrew Calendar teach? According to this calendar, Passover cannot fall on a Tuesday, Thursday, or Sunday. Therefore, this calendar teaches the Jews to keep Passover contrary to what the Mishnah was teaching Jews 150 years earlier.
Another example is found in Menahot 10:1 A, (1) and (2).
“R. Ishmael says, ‘The omer was brought
(1) “on the Sabbath from three seahs [of barley],
(2) “and on a weekday, from five.”