[Avodah] The Molad of Tamuz

[Zev Sero]

On 02/07/18 00:21, Richard Fiedler wrote:
> With all due respect I believe the real error comes from the non-traditional use of minutes into the system.

Since when is it not traditional?  This is how people have been telling 
time for centuries.  And I do not accept, without evidence, your 
assertion that there are many shuls where the molad is announced in the 
antique style where midnight is referred to as the sixth hour.  Which 
shuls do this, exactly?


> 6:05 PM when sunset is 6:45 PM implies the event happened on the
> previous day before sunset.
No, it does not.  You are arguing a ridiculous position that you 
yourself do not really beleive; if you have an appointment on Wednesday 
at 6 you know exactly when that is, regardless of whether it's summer or 
winter.  Not once will you mistakenly show up a day early.



> Zero hours and 97 chalakim implies the event happened after the
> start of the next day, i.e. after sunset.

That is completely wrong.  Sunset is irrelevant to the time of the 
molad.  The molad is calculated on a 24-hour clock, so the "zeroth hour" 
is 6:00 PM, not sunset.


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