[Avodah] Did You Know?

[Michael Kopinsky]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:

> 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.
>

Unless I'm missing something, it seems like shelema years are still a
plurality of non-leap years. Is that correct?

KT,
Michael
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