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Wednesday, September 15
A work colleague of mine, Time Werespanko, recently posed this question to me, 'What happened 5765 years ago?' Sadly I forgot the answer to that question. Must be all the pastrami and Manischewitz clogging my brain. Good thing the intraweb eggsists so it can do all the remembering for me. Here's the scoop according to this site:
The year number on the Jewish calendar represents the number of years since creation, as calculated by adding up the ages of people in the Bible back to the time of creation. However, it is important to note that this date is not necessarily supposed to represent a scientific fact. For example, many Orthodox Jews will readily acknowledge that the seven "days" of creation are not necessarily 24-hour days (indeed, a 24-hour day would be meaningless until the creation of the sun on the fourth "day").
Shofar, so good, but juss in case you didn't know...
Jews do not generally use the words "A.D." and "B.C." to refer to the years on the Gregorian calendar. "A.D." means "the year of our L-rd," and we do not believe Jesus is the L-rd. Instead, we use the abbreviations C.E. (Common or Christian Era) and B.C.E. (Before the Common Era).
Now break out the apples and honey, cause its time to make money!
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