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This is the exact time of the beginning of the Molad Tohu, the imaginary first time
beginning of its night, and 793 par ts fr om the thir teenth hour . This is the
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moon renewal took place, according to Jewish tradition).
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s calculate the lunar month accor
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Let the true duration of the lunar month (in days) be denoted X.
Assume that there are four weeks (twenty-eight days) per month. The differ-
Rabban Gamliel (recall that an hour has 1080 parts):
ence between the actual lunar year and the calculated duration according to the
number of weeks is
29.5 + {[(2/3)1080 + 73] / 1080} / 24 = 29.53059 days
Rambam : 12*X – 12*28 = 12 (X – 28) days = (7k) + A days
where k is an integer (the number of whole weeks in the difference calculated on
29.5 + (793 / 1080) / 24 = 29.53059 days
the left-hand side), and A is the remaining part of the week (expressed in days).
Suppose that the actual lunar year were an integer number of weeks (A = 0).
Note that the number of parts in an hour may be factored, expressed by prime
Then, the Jewish reported time of the creation of man (given in terms of the time
numbers, as
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in the week) would be the same as that of the beginning of the Molad Tohu —
namely, Monday (the second day of the week, according to the Jewish calendar),
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3
3
1080 = (2 ) (3 ) (5 )
at the 5+204 / 1080 = 5.188889 hour.
However, this is not the case. There is a difference. As “reported” in Genesis
The versatility of that number, alluded to above in the quote from Rambam ,
and complemented by Jewish oral tradition, the first man was created on Friday,

is apparent.
at the end of the fourteenth hour.
This difference in the time of week may now be easily calculated.
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How is it that the secret of the ibur, known to Jewish sages in ancient times,
From Monday, at the 5.188889 hour, to the exact same hour on Friday: 4 days.

gave the duration of the synodic month accurate to the fifth decimal point?
From the 5.188889 hour on Friday to the end of the fourteenth hour:
The following is an explanation, based on my best knowledge and capability
to explain the above quoted numbers, and their origin in Jewish tradition and in
14.0000 – 5.188889 = 8.81111
the Bible.
The total difference, in days, is
The departure point is the calculation of the exact time when the first lunar

month started.
4 days + 8.81111 hours = 4 + 8.81111 / 24 = 4.36713 days.
According to Jewish tradition, this happened at the moment of the creation of
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the first man, which marks the beginning of the Jewish year (Rosh Hashanah).
This is the value of A given above, and all that is left is try a few values of k that
The Bible tells us that man was created on the sixth day of creation (Gen. 1:27).
let X fall between 29 days and 30 days (note that the actual length of the Hebrew 3
However, Jewish tradition, according to the Oral Torah (Torah she-Be-Al Peh),

month alternates between these two numbers).
gives a more exact time: Friday, after the fourteenth hour (since sunset of the pre-
The fundamental equation is (from the earlier expression with A = 4.36713):
vious day), which is the beginning of the third hour into the day of Friday. Recall
that the Jewish day starts at sunset of the previous day, and there are twelve hours
12 (X – 28) days = (7k) + 4.36713 days
for nighttime and twelve hours for daytime. Therefore, after fourteen hours of

Friday is the beginning of the fifteenth hour, which is the third hour (15 – 12 = 3)
Trying a few values of k, working with ten-digit precision, we obtain
into daytime of Friday.