[Avodah] Birkat Hachama

[Zev Sero]

Motti Yarchinai wrote:

> It does contain one explanation that IS original and novel though: 
> The last part (section 7) of the article presents a theory as to the 
> process by which its permanent date was originally set. It fully 
> accounts for an anomaly that is otherwise inexplicable.

The question there is why Bikat Hachama is on 26-Mar instead of 21-Mar.
For a much simpler explanation, consider why Xmas is on 25-Dec instead
of 21-Dec.  It seems to me very likely that both questions have the
same answer: that the dates for both were fixed in the 3rd century BCE
or so, when those were the correct dates for the respective tekufot.

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