Definition:Calendar/Jewish/Year
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Definition
A Jewish year, also known as the Hebrew year, is the length of a year as defined using the Jewish calendar.
Its length is either $354$ or $355$ days, or longer, if an extra month has been inserted.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $365 \cdotp 2422$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $365 \cdotp 24219 \, 878$