[Avodah] Did You Know?

Zev Sero zev at sero.name
Mon Apr 20 04:38:14 PDT 2009


Cantor Wolberg wrote:
> I'm curious if any of you realized that as there are 355 days in a 
> non-leap year,

Only if it's a long year (shlemah), which only 46% of non-leap years
are. A normal year (kesidrah) is 354 days, and a short year (chasera)
is 353 (16% of all non-leap years).  Leap years are 383, 384, or 385.


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