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Torat ha-‘olah (Law of the Burnt Offering): On the Lunar Calendar
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I found it written somewhere that the eleven offerings brought on Rosh ḥodesh [the New Moon] correspond to the eleven extra days of the solar year over and above those of the…

Contributor:

Moses Isserles

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Lithuania)

Date:

1570

Subjects:

Astronomy, Holidays, Rosh Ḥodesh, Sacrifice

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Astronomy
Sefer meyrav (Book of Abundance)
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Now the daughter of the King of the Kittim, on hearing this, became highly enraged, and she said, “Is there any room to defend the cause of these people who were lacking in wisdom and set down a…

Contributor:

Jonathan Eybeschütz

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

First Half of the 18th Century

Subjects:

Astronomy, Ecology, Theology

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Astronomy