5785 – The Rarest Year of Them All Part II
OHRNET | December 05, 2024
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INSIGHTS INTO HALACHA
5785 – The Rarest Year of Them All
Part II
by Rabbi Yehuda Spitz
As detailed in Part I (featured in the OhrNet Sukkos issue – vol. 32, no. 1), our current year, 5785, is not only a rare one, but calendarically speaking, actually the hands-down rarest of them all. 5785 is classified as a HaSh”A year in our calendars. This abbreviation is referring to Rosh Hashana falling out on Thursday (hei), both months of Cheshvan and Kislev being shalem (shin - 30 day months instead of possibly 29; these are the only months that can switch off in our set calendar), and Pesach falling out on Sunday (aleph).
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