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== 353, 354, 355 ==

I read in [[Wikipedia:Hebrew calendar]] that the number of day vary. Also, 12 times the average [[Wikipedia:Lunar_month|lunar (synodic) month]] gives:12 × 29.53059 = 354.36708 which rounds to [[354edo|354]]. Is the ''“original Hebrew calendar”'' (referred to in the article) that different from today's (which would be quite confusing to me, since the exact phases of the moon are observable to everyone)? --[[User:Xenwolf|Xenwolf]] ([[User talk:Xenwolf|talk]]) 06:45, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

: I just fixed the external link (see page history). On that page, you'll see that it mentions a 353-year cycle (with 130 leap years), so it's not really about a 353-day cycle (although some years do happen to have 353 days in that system, it seems). Note that this is only a proposed calendar reform, as far as I know, to clarify the context. --[[User:Fredg999|Fredg999]] ([[User talk:Fredg999|talk]]) 01:56, 10 May 2022 (UTC)

:: Xenwolf, I see you're confusing the number of '''days''' in the common Hebrew year with the number of '''years''' in the cycle that was ''proposed'' to replace the original Hebrew calendar due to seasonal discrepancy.

::: Yes, you are absolutely right. But I'd expect future readers to have the same difficulties… --[[User:Xenwolf|Xenwolf]] ([[User talk:Xenwolf|talk]]) 06:19, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

:::: I have edited the page to clarify that the number 353 can also mean the number of days. It is a neat coincidence.