The Jewish Calendar and the Torah 5th Ed.

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The structure of the Jewish calendar, its unusual characteristics, and the allocation of parshiot in both the annual and the triennial Torah reading cycles are described in detail. Included are a summary of the characteristic of Jewish years from 4671-6764 (610 CE-3004 CE) as well additional details regarding the time the molad of Tishrei and the related calendar postponements for Jewish years 5701-6200 (1940 CE-2439 CE). There is new material on modern Jewish holidays and on the observation of b'nai mitzvah yahrzeits. Finally there is substantial additional material on when every parsha is read in each of the 14 year types.