tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444302008319623182.post5345775397205425655..comments2022-11-13T03:56:54.744-05:00Comments on Daily Torah Thought: The mitzvah of following the Jewish solilunar calendarThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4444302008319623182.post-60947461787131507112013-01-29T05:46:35.206-05:002013-01-29T05:46:35.206-05:00My understanding of R' Saadia Gaon, Rabbeinu C...My understanding of R' Saadia Gaon, Rabbeinu Chananel, R' Bachya (Shemos 12:2) is that the time of rosh chodesh was always calculated, since Har Sinai. But not that re'iyah was a later addition -- it is part of the ritual of qidush hachodesh.<br /><br />OT1H, it's a tanna who says "hachodesh hazeh lakhem -- kezeh re'ei veqadeish". OTOH, it's two tannaim -- Rabban Gamliel and R' Yehoshua -- who argue about what day Yom Kippur was calculated to be.<br /><br />(And clearly the actual calculation used shifted over time. Megilah 1:1 refers to before the rule "lo bed"u Pesach" was implemented, as it assumes Purim could fall out any day of the week.)micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.com